Building Bridges with the Global Media: Lessons from a Syrian Information Center

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Original article published on Medium by Matt Broomfield on 28 March 2022. RIC team member on the ground as tire fires burn during the Turkish offensive. Photo source: RIC When my colleagues and I founded the Rojava Information Center…

El País - Ni hablar de repatriar a mujeres y niños de Siria… y menos en España

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Original article published on El País by Óscar Gutiérrez on 31 October 2021 Limbo es la palabra que mejor describe el lugar y momento en el que viven las mujeres y niños retenidos en los campos del noreste sirio custodiados por las…

The Voice of America - IS Cells in NE Syria Retaliate for Foiled Prison-Break Plot

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Original article published on The Voice of America by Jeff Seldin on 09 November 2021 Suspected Islamic State sleeper cells launched a series of attacks against the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria, apparent…

Orient XXI - La Turquie mène une guerre de l’eau en Syrie

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Original article published on Orient XXI by Chloé Troadec and Chris den Hond on 13 October 2021 La chute du débit de l’Euphrate est une nouvelle menace pour la population syrienne, déjà victime de plus de dix années de guerre…

The Voice of America - Displaced Children in Northeast Syria May Never Recover, Observers Fear

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Original article published on The Voice of America by Jeff Seldin on 23 September 2021 Nearly 2½ years after the fall of the Islamic State terror group's self-declared caliphate, there still appears to be no escape for tens of thousands…

The Washington Institute - A Tale of Two Islamic State Insurgencies in Syria

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Original article published on The Washington Institute for Near East Policy by Ido Levy on 17 September 2021 “In the Valley of Syria...Heaven and Hell!” This was the title of a featured editorial in the August 12 edition of the Islamic…

The Defense Post - Afrin’s Syrian Kurds Continue to Pay Price of Turkey’s Occupation

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Original article published on The Defense Post by Rebecca Anne Proctor on 15 September 2021 Zeinab, a 73-year-old Syrian Kurd, had lived in her home in Afrin in northwestern Syria for 13 years. She was alone. Her husband had recently…

Al-Monitor - Turkish airstrike kills members of US-backed Kurdish force in Syria

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Fighters from the Kurdish women's protection units (YPJ) attend the funeral of a fellow fighter, who was killed while fighting against the Islamic State (IS), in northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on February 9, 2019. (Photo…

K24 - Kurdish-led security forces capture ISIS leader in Syria’s Deir al-Zor

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Original article by Wladimir van Wilgenburg published on K24 on 3 May 2021 The suspect was "planning assassinations," recruiting members, and facilitating terrorist activities, the Kurdish-led SDF said.ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish-led…

Al-Monitor - Fighting between Syria’s Kurdish forces, pro-Assad militia enters fourth day

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Original article published on Al-Monitor 23 April 2021 Fighting escalated between Syria’s Kurdish-led forces and members of a pro-regime militia in the northeastern city of Qamishli on Friday after a local community leader was…