ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The main disagreement between the interim Syrian government and the Kurdish-led administration in ...

Known as the Rojava Revolution (Rojava meaning “Western Kurdistan” in Kurmanji), the uprising can trace its ideological origins to the writings of Abdullah Ocalan, compared by many to Nelson Mandela.

February 18, 2020 The silhouette of a hand indicates a “Victory” sign behind a Kurdish flag in Kobane, Syria, in February 2015. (Photo by Antonio Pampliega / picture-alliance / dpa / AP Images) ...

What the Biden administration is doing, in short, is making a play for Rojava, believing that it may provide the United States with significant leverage over the future development of Syria.

Rojava is very much at least within our purview if not tangential to our tradition. The resistance in Ukraine has absolutely nothing to do with the anarchist tradition whatsoever. Sure one can make ...

Visible from Rojava, separated by a thin stretch of landmines, lie Kurdish communities in Turkey who live in fear. The Kurdish flag, language, and cultural celebrations like Newroz (Kurdish New ...

Residents take part in a commune meeting in Rojava, Syria, November 13, 2015. A women's movement known as the Rojava Revolution was founded under the name Yekîtiya Star in 2005. John Moore/Getty ...