The resilience of the Kurdish people who fight for their survival and autonomy serves as a testament to the enduring battle against colonialism, fundamentalism, and authoritarianism in this region and ...

Syria’s interim government, backed by Islamist mercenaries, has launched large-scale attacks on the autonomous Rojava region. While Western states endorse Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa, ...

At a time when we are trying to heal the deep wounds and bleeding relationship between Turks and Kurds left from the 20th century, stop reopening those wounds and deepening the pain. There was a ...

In this long read op-ed for JURIST by Shadi Sadr, a human rights lawyer and PhD candidate at Leiden University, Sadr discusses the Rojava Tribunal, a session of the Permanent People’s Tribunal, ...

American support for Syria’s subjugation of “Rojava”—the autonomous Kurdish-led administration in its northeast—is regarded by many of its supporters as a betrayal. “Rojava” is the name that many ...

This week we’re sharing two interviews related to ongoing conflicts between the Syrian transitional government alongside the Turkish backed so-called Syrian National Army militia, which has overlaps ...

Police detained 22 people, including five journalists, during protests yesterday in the border province of Mardin. The demonstrations targeted the offensive by Syrian transitional government forces ...

January 23, 2026: Al-Monitor's Jack Dutton spoke with Kurdish protesters demonstrating outside of the USA house today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The protesters are gathered to ...

Between devastating natural disasters and relentless attacks by Assad and Erdogan, the Kurds of Syria face threats from all sides. A damaged home in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo.(Mauricio ...

The agreement that terminated the Syrian Kurdish enclave was presented by its signatories as a pragmatic settlement. But, in fact, the deal is a major political defeat for the Syrian Kurdish political ...