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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

Ceasefire between Syrian and Kurdish-led force extended for 15 days

25 January 2026

World / 12 June 2023

Turkish shelling in northern Syria kills Russian solider and wounds several others

12 June 2023

Two British citizens Aiden Aslin, left, and Shaun Pinner, ri

World / 10 June 2022

Truss slammed for encouraging Brits to fight in Ukraine as two sentenced to death in Donetsk

10 June 2022

World / 3 April 2022

Solidarity actions called in support of jailed YPG volunteer Libre Flot

3 April 2022

Britain / 28 February 2022

Former YPG volunteer condemns ‘hypocrite’ Truss for supporting British nationals joining war in Ukraine

28 February 2022

A soldier from the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ)

Features / 29 January 2021

The disgraceful spectacle of Hillary Clinton’s YPJ mini-series

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

Sam Newey (centre) and supporters outside Westminster Mag Co

Britain / 14 February 2020

Father of British YPG volunteer pleads not guilty to funding terrorism after sending son £150 via Paypal

14 February 2020

International Freedom Battalion volunteers from Europe displ

Features / 30 October 2019

The Communist volunteers fighting the Turkish invasion of Syria

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

Green light: Erdogan, Trump and the threat of ethnic cleansing

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

Kurdish struggle is our generation's Spanish Civil War, Russell-Moyle says

24 September 2019

World / 7 August 2019

Kurds appeal for support as Turkey threatens invasion

7 August 2019

Women YPJ fighters take down the last Isis flag replacing it

Editorial / 24 March 2019

Isis is defeated. What now?

24 March 2019

Lorenzo Orsetti was part of an international anarchist group

Features / 19 March 2019

Lorenzo Orsetti: a modern-day partisan

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

Western socialist volunteers in the YPG, Raqqa front, 2016

Britain / 20 February 2019

Socialists who fought Isis warn against stripping Begum’s citizenship

20 February 2019

Review / 12 February 2019

Books: Acute insights on the Rojava revolution

12 February 2019

Chairwoman of the Turkish Labour Party (Emep) Selma Gurkan

World / 22 January 2019

Leading Turkish communist faces jail for anti-war statement

22 January 2019

World / 4 December 2018

German court overturns ban on YPG flag

4 December 2018

World / 12 October 2018

Tributes paid to fallen YPG fighter

12 October 2018

World / 21 September 2018

Kurds urge foreign governments to repatriate jihadists

21 September 2018

Book Review / 16 July 2018

Bravery in the face of the Daesh death cult

16 July 2018

Features / 9 July 2018

We oppose the far right's attempt to co-opt our fight against Isis jihadism

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

Bring back Anna Campbell's body

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

Kurdish forces agree deal with Syrian Army

3 July 2018

A kurdish protest in Berlin against Turkey's invasion of Afr

World / 29 June 2018

Syrian Kurds call for Turkey to be held to account for war crimes

29 June 2018

Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish military o

Features / 24 April 2018

Why socialists across the world must take on the cause of Rojava

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

Editorial / 19 March 2018

Anna Campbell’s fight for Kurdish justice must continue

19 March 2018

Turkey-backed forces in the city centre of Afrin, northweste

Middle East / 19 March 2018

Erdogan vows to expand Syrian invasion further into Kurdish-held areas

19 March 2018

Human rights groups have reported widespread looting in Afrin by Turkish troops and their allies

Demonstrators carry flags of the YPG as they protest against

Germany / 18 March 2018

Hanover's Kurds crowd city centre to protest Germany's arm sales to Turkey

18 March 2018

Kurds in the back of a truck flee from their village where T

Middle East / 9 March 2018

Turkey’s Afrin assault weakens fight against Isis in eastern Syria

9 March 2018

Police escort former PYD co-chair Salih Muslim to court this

Europe / 27 February 2018

Czech court orders release of Kurdish politician Salih Muslim

27 February 2018

Features / 25 February 2018

Why is Jim Matthews on trial for terrorism?

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

Middle East / 20 February 2018

Syrian rebels offer to withdraw al-Qaida in return for end to Eastern Ghouta assault

20 February 2018

People protest against Turkish military operations in Afrin

Editorial / 19 February 2018

Turkey has no right to invade Syria under the pretext of fighting ‘terrorists’

19 February 2018

Middle East / 19 February 2018

Turkey bombs Syria in bid to deter Assad's troops joining forces with the Kurds

19 February 2018

James Matthews is greeted by supporters outside court

Courts / 14 February 2018

Former soldier who fought Isis appears in court on terrorism charges

14 February 2018

Three Irish volunteers pose in front of a mural depicting Ay

Features / 9 February 2018

Kobane was Stalingrad, make Afrin Vietnam

9 February 2018

GARY OAK presents a letter from an Irish volunteer in the YPG facing invasion from Turkey

Syria / 28 January 2018

Turks declare capture of key mountain as invasion of Afrin canton continues

28 January 2018

A convoy of Turkish army armoured vehicles moves towards the

Syrian Conflict / 23 January 2018

A changed attitude from Moscow spells future trouble for Syria’s Kurds

23 January 2018

It’s unlikely Ankara would have embarked on its Syrian invasion without some kind of understanding that Russian forces would not be engaged. KENNY COYLE explains the shift in politics