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Anda jaleo – a new song, dedicated to the historic resistance in Aleppo

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What we witnessed in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah at the beginning of this year was a historic struggle. Two neighbourhoods that resisted against the coordinated attacks by the hegemonic forces. That defended themselves against jihadist militias, Turkish tanks and air strikes. All the friends who fought to their last breath to protect the population and […]

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Notes from Imrali: Without democracy in Syria, al Sharaa will also become a dictator

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Article in other languages: GER – ESP On November 24, 2025, a delegation from the parliamentary commission established to adress the Kurdish question traveled to the Turkish prison island of Imrali to meet with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. The delegation consisted of Gülistan Kılıç Koçyığıt, deputy parliamentary group leader of the Equality and Democracy Party

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North East Syria Diary: Land fertile with dreams, Rojava

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Article in other languages: – ESP – GER – ITA This landFertile with dreamsOpens our heartsIn a single heartThousands of souls liveBecause love has no bordersMy courageDoes not belong only to this bodyMy courageIs that of thousands of othersLoveHolds the whole universe togetherIt is the key to lifeAnd of our successThe brightest starsAre the comradesWho

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Our brave Şehîds of Skeikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah

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On the 6th of January, jihadist gangs and members of HTS started attacking the neighborhoods Skeikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah in Aleppo. Every kind of air and ground weapon was used against two small neighborhoods. In the face of these attacks, our commanders and fighters made no concessions and resisted from the very first day on.

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Aleppo: Those who resist will have the last word

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This article first appeared as a guest article in lowerclassmagazine. Article in other languages: CAT – ESP – GER – ITA It’s 4.30 in the morning. In the cold wind and rain we are gathering in front of the center of the people’s council of a small city in North-East Syria. In the spotlights of

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Call for a Boycott of Al Jazeera

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From 6 January onwards, a massacre unfolded in Aleppo. Turkey-affiliated jihadist groups carried out killings, torture, and executions, claiming the lives of hundreds of people. To this day, civilians continue to be abducted and tortured by the jihadist forces of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). It is reported that approximately 300 residents of Sheikh Maqsoud and

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Resistance is life in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah

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History will remember that two neighborhoods fought against two hegemonic states. Resistance is life. Berxwedan jiyan e. This phrase is a philosophy in North and East Syria, everyone shouts it in the streets, during demonstrations or in everyday conversations. Resistance is the protection of life, of existence. It is about protecting one’s land, identity and

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North East Syria Diary: 8 years of Free Raqqa

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Article in other languages: SPA – GER When I first visited Raqqa in 2022 with friends from the Internationalist Commune in Rojava, the consequences of the fight against the Islamic State were still evident everywhere: collapsed houses between the open rows of shops in the city center and bullet holes in the walls of many

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