Kurdish gains in Syria could disappear without international support − just as they did in Iraq decades ago

Despite risks, Kurds in Syria have the best chance in a generation to protect their national rights. Their success may hinge on the international community.

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The #DoumaChemicalAttack was #ThisDayInHistory in 2018. A two-year #OPCW investigation concluded that the #Baathist régime of #Syria dropped two cylinders of #ChlorineGas on #Douma as part of the Eastern Ghouta offensive in the #SyrianCivilWar, killing ~50 people & injuring ~100.
The #YarmoukMassacre was carried out by allies of the #Baathist régime of Syria on #ThisDayInHistory in 2014. Syrian & Palestinian civilians harmed by the #SyrianCivilWar were queueing for #UNRWA food aid when anti-tank rockets were fired into the crowd, killing 7 & wounding 10.

"The existence of #Rojava as a semi-autonomous space, with global symbolic resonance – for women’s liberation, unprecedented in the region, and for the democratic self-rule of an oppressed people – depended on unique circumstances. The #SDF – which at its height controlled over a quarter of the country, including its major oil fields – was a creation of the #SyrianCivilWar..."

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Alp Kayserilioglu, After Rojava — Sidecar

Developments in Syria.

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Our Home In The Desert: Life Inside A Refugee Camp (Refugee Documentary) | Real Stories

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Our Home In The Desert: Life Inside A Refugee Camp (Refugee Documentary) | Real Stories

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Freedom News: **Attack on Aleppo’s Kurdish neighbourhoods**

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/13/attack-on-aleppos-kurdish-neighbourhoods/

Regime assault on self-administrated areas exposes weakness of post-Assad settlement ~ Blade Runner ~ Syrian government forces launched heavy attac…
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Attack on Aleppo's Kurdish neighbourhoods - Freedom News

Regime assault on self-administrated areas exposes weakness of post-Assad settlement ~ Blade Runner ~ Syrian government forces launched heavy attac…

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Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar Assad and has opened a criminal investigation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/world/syria-mass-grave-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #syria #basharassad #syriancivilwar #damascus #middleeast
Syria secures Assad-era mass grave and opens criminal investigation

The moves follow a report that revealed a yearslong conspiracy by the fallen dictatorship to hide thousands of bodies on the remote desert site.

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Sorry für den Prime-Link. Aber der Film ist echt gut...

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Packendes Kriegsdrama von den Regisseuren von „Bad Boys for Life

The #SyrianDemocraticCouncil was founded on #ThisDayInHistory in 2015. Having sat out the first stages of the #SyrianCivilWar, #Kurds of #Rojava got involved to create a better system. #SDC is the political arm of #SDF in #DAANES, working for a decentralized #pluralistic society.
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa vowed to usher in an era of justice and coexistence a year after the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad as tens of thousands took to the streets to mark the anniversary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/world/politics/syria-one-year-assad-ousting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #syria #ahmadalsharaa #basharassad #syriancivilwar #middleeast
Syria's al-Sharaa vows to promote coexistence one year after Assad's ousting

Al-Sharaa’s Islamist-led alliance launched a lightning offensive last year that brought a sudden end to more than five decades of Assad family rule.

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