Understanding the January Offensive Against Northeast Syria In Northeast Syria, it is a way of inhabiting the world that they sought to annihilate January 2026 was marked by attacks of unprecedented intensity against what has become known worldwide as “the Rojava Revolution.” This predominantly Kurdish region in northeastern Syria had seen a revolution emerge in 2012 based on women’s liberation, environmentalism, and the coexistence of peoples within a system of direct democr

There has been a video of an ISIS flag been flown on Raqqa which has been circulating a lot around digital media in the last days. One would be forgiven for thinking that it was taken back in 2016, when ISIS still controlled the city and used it as the capital of its caliphate. But in fact it was taken in 2026, just a few days ago. So, why is this happening?

This special edition is an outcome of the Şehid Hêlîn Qerecox Academy in Rojava, which is a place for young people from all over the world to educate themselves on the principles of democracy, ecology and women’s liberation.