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.

Nadiya Yousif is a member of the Council of the Syrian Democratic Youth (MCSD -Meclisa Ciwanên Suriya Demokratîk ) which is a youth Council that is autonomously organized by Young Women from Syria. The Youth council is organizing as an umbrella of all Syrian Democratic councils in the Syrian geography. Inside the council young people from all the different ethnicities, cultures and beliefs across Syria, but primarily from North-East Syria, are taking part and are working tog