Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) Co-chair Ilham Ehmed’s article published on Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, translated by ANF English service.

The first battle in northern Syria, which has a Kurdish majority and lies along the Turkish border, broke out in 2012 when several armed opposition groups crossed the border

My name is Dilan Cudi. I am from Canada and came to Rojava two years ago. Back home I had been seeing a video about the attack on Kobane in 2014.

The American, Demhat Goldman, was returning from an operation with friends on the night of July 5th and was a short distance from the place

The city of Minbic (Manbij) and its surroundings are among the most contested regions in the Syrian war. Ercan Ayboga interviewed representatives of the new Democratic Administration in Minbic.

Rojava is an enclave whose inhabitants have fashioned a place of security, gender equality, economic cooperation, and a unique form of localized direct democracy that has no equivalent elsewhere

Anarkismo.net interviewed ANF reporter Sinan Deniz who is based in Kobanê and is currently embedded with the SDF in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates to liberate Tabqa and Raqqa.

The People's Defense Units YPG was organized underground in 2011 to defend the people of Rojava against attacks from the Syrian Bashar al-Assad regime and other reactionary forces as the war in Syria started.