
Elections opportunity for Kurdish-Turkish de-escalation – US think tank
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QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The upcoming Turkish elections on May 14, especially if they yield an opposition victory, will be “a rare opportunity” for the US to broker a Turkish-Kurdish peace, argues a new report by the New Lines…

Damascus continues to put a siege on Kurds in northern Aleppo
Media Coverage, NewsThe Syrian government has continued its blockade on the Kurdish-held neighborhoods of Al-Ashrafiyyah and Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo, and the Shahba area in northern Aleppo

Parteiisch, aber unabhängig
Media Coverage, NewsOriginal article published on taz.die tageszeitung by Christopher Wimmer on 7 March 2022.
QAMIşLO taz | „Manchmal haben wir keinen Strom oder kein Internet, regelmäßig kommt es zu Schießereien. Das ist zwar meist nichts Großes, aber…

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…