700 Women Defend Agricultural Lands in the Cizire Region
In the Cizire region of northeastern Syria, 700 women from the autonomously organized women’s structures of the Social Defense Forces are involved in patrols to protect against arson.
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Women’s Laws in Rojava – Northern Syria
This text describes the Women’s Law, as implemented by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
Food Distribution Centers Support Self-Sufficiency Projects in Syria’s Northeast
Salwa al-Sayyed, the co-chair of the Finance Board in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, and a member of the Economic Management Crisis Team, said on [11 July, 2020] that the administration started to establish centers for food distribution to sell to citizens at low prices. “Some of these centers were completed in
Turkey Systematically Leaves Rojava Without Water
Since May, Turkey has de facto turned off [water to] Rojava and northern Syria. This is easily possible due to the systematically expanded GAP dam network and is repeatedly used by the Turkish government as a means of exerting pressure. According to the Water Administration of North and East Syria, the region lost about 14
Leyla Ahmed, co-chair of Kobane Canton: “We have imagined, created and designed an alternative life in true democracy”
We interviewed Leyla Ahmed, co-chair of the Kobane Canton. We talked about the system of democratic confederalism, the role of women in it, the current situation in Kobane and in the North and East of Syria and the perspectives for the future.
Kurdish-led Authorities Establish Foodstuff Factory in Syria’s Kobani after Ba’ath Regime’s Decades-long Ban
The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in northeast Syria announced on Thursday the inauguration of the first foodstuff factory in the country’s northern town of Kobani.
Water Crisis Continues in Northeast Syria Despite Partially Restored Flow
Turkey has reduced the flow of water from the Euphrates River into northeast Syria, while its proxies have cut the flow of water from the Allouk water station, depriving hundreds of thousands of people of access to clean water. In addition, the reduced water flow has caused electricity shortages in a region dependent on electricity generated by the Tabqa dam.
“Vina Jin” is a New Economic Project to Empower Women of Kobani
House of Supplies or “Vina Jin” is considered one of the most important economic projects that help women – working in the project in particular, and women employed in the city of Kobani, in northern Syria in general – to enable them economically.
Deposed co-mayor joins agricultural co-operative in Dersim
Deposed co-mayor Songül Doğan of the municipality of Akpazar in the province of Dersim continues her works in an agricultural co-operative.
Municipality works to solve water shortage problem in Shaddadi
Since the invading Turkish state and its mercenary allies have interrupted the work of Elûk (Alouk) Water Station many times, serious water problems occur in the region.
Coronavirus in Rojava: Facing a Pandemic Without a State
Across the world, states are coming under pressure for their response to the coronavirus crisis. Some fail to adequately protect their citizens, some use Covid-19 as an excuse for authoritarian power-grabs, and some do both simultaneously. Here in North and East Syria, the autonomous region more commonly known as Rojava, 4m Syrians;– Kurds, Arabs, Christians
Interview: “When COVID-19 does arrive, these water cuts will kill people” – Sara Montinaro from Kurdish Red Crescent
Sara Montinaro, project manager at Kurdish Red Crescent, explains the water situation in Heseke after the latest cut-off of Allouk water station which is under Turkish occupation. She was interviewed on 11 July 2020.
