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Kurdish fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are cheered by local residents ahead of the end of a four-day truce with the Syrian government in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, January 24, 2026
Middle East / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026
A soldier from the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
Features / 29 January 2021
29 January 2021
The blood-soaked former US secretary of state’s role in wanting to be seen as a hero of women’s movements has dubious foundations, writes MARCEL CARTIER
International Freedom Battalion volunteers from Europe displ
Features / 30 October 2019
30 October 2019
A foreign fighter in the INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM BATTALION talks about the war to defend Rojava and the role of global solidarity
In a photo taken from the Turkish side of the border, smoke
Features / 10 October 2019
10 October 2019
With Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, those who hold revolutionary socialist or democratic principles must hold them higher than ever before, says MARCEL CARTIER
Women's Protection Units (YPJ) fighters in Rojava, northern
Labour Conference ’19 / 24 September 2019
24 September 2019
YPG fighters
World / 7 August 2019
7 August 2019
Women YPJ fighters take down the last Isis flag replacing it
Editorial / 24 March 2019
24 March 2019
Lorenzo Orsetti was part of an international anarchist group
Features / 19 March 2019
19 March 2019
ROSA GILBERT salutes her comrade, the Italian revolutionary killed this week in the fight between Isis and Kurdish-led forces in Syria
Review / 12 February 2019
12 February 2019
Chairwoman of the Turkish Labour Party (Emep) Selma Gurkan
World / 22 January 2019
22 January 2019
Women carry YPG and YPJ flags in Rojava
World / 4 December 2018
4 December 2018
World / 12 October 2018
12 October 2018
Kurdish YPG Fighters
World / 21 September 2018
21 September 2018
A destroyed part of Raqqa
Book Review / 16 July 2018
16 July 2018
YPG fighters keep guard upon a hilltop
Features / 9 July 2018
9 July 2018
Five former YPG volunteers pen this open letter in support of those standing up to Tommy Robinson's fascists
Dirk Campbell, father of Anna, speaks at a vigil in her home
Features / 5 July 2018
5 July 2018
MARK CAMPBELL on a family's struggle to find out the truth about their daughter's death
Kurdish YPG fighters sit by a truck somewhere in Syria
World / 3 July 2018
3 July 2018
Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish military o
Features / 24 April 2018
24 April 2018
ROSA GILBERT explains how a new Italian campaign, SiAmo Afrin, aims to raise money and raise the profile of the stricken people of Afrin
YPJ volunteer Anna Campbell
Editorial / 19 March 2018
19 March 2018
Turkey-backed forces in the city centre of Afrin, northweste
Middle East / 19 March 2018
19 March 2018
Human rights groups have reported widespread looting in Afrin by Turkish troops and their allies
Police escort former PYD co-chair Salih Muslim to court this
Europe / 27 February 2018
27 February 2018
Features / 25 February 2018
25 February 2018
Breaking its alliance with the YPG is proving tricky for Britain. But presenting them as a terrorist faction is an easy way out, writes STEVE SWEENEY
Three Irish volunteers pose in front of a mural depicting Ay
Features / 9 February 2018
9 February 2018
GARY OAK presents a letter from an Irish volunteer in the YPG facing invasion from Turkey