Articles on Syria & Kurdistan


“I can no longer tell the most beautiful colors apart, I no longer feel the wind of the city on my skin, and the singing of the birds sounds more and more like the call of freedom. I have made a decision — I have lived days and nights with the thoughts in my head, and today is the day when, with a will as strong as the current of the Dicle-Firat river, I will take that step. I want to be a part of the revolution in Rojava. […]”
Ivana Hoffmann, †2015

PKK – History and New Beginning

About the history and the “dissolution” of one of the most significant armed movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, and what its future means for the Kurdish people’s movement.

  • The Party of God

    A history of Hezbollah: from regional resistance to a Bonapartist pillar of the system.

  • Attack on Kurdish Enclaves: What Comes Next?

    Despite the agreement, Syria’s government forces are massacring the residents of Sheikh Maqsud. Despite fierce resistance, the enclaves fall, followed by ethnic cleansing. The West escorts Julani without interference.

  • Once a Terrorist, always a Terrorist

    Al-Jolani militias kill Druze in Syria – using ISIS symbols. The US continues to support him. Consequences for Rojava, parallels to Bin Laden, Israel’s role.

  • PKK – History and New Beginning

    History and “dissolution” of the PKK, and what its future means for the Kurdish people’s movement.

  • Rulers and Murderers in the Name of God

    Al-Dscholani orders the massacre of hundreds of Alawites and declares himself the Caliph of the new Syria.

  • Syria: al-Qaeda in a Tie

    The reality of the new Syrian regime is slowly catching up.

  • Blazer-wearing Terrorist

    About the new terror regime in Syria with input from a Syrian communist.

  • 3. Assad has fallen!

    After 13 years of war and 53 years of Assad rule, Syria has fallen. What happens now?

  • 2. “Your turn, Doctor

    The Syrian civil war, whose interests are represented there, and how Rojava was able to establish itself.

  • 1. Kurds and Syria before the Revolution

    Democratic federalism, repression against Kurds, and the contradictions that led to Syria’s revolution.

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