For episode 178, From the Periphery collective members Leila Al-Shami, Elia Ayoub, Karena Avedissian, and Ayman Makarem hosted a roundtable to discuss the latest developments in Syria and to provid…

Israel violated the terms of a 1974 agreement by rolling its tanks across the Syrian border — less than 40 miles from Damascus.

Check out all the episodes of VICE News here: http://bit.ly/PILfBeAs Syria's bloody civil war enters its third year, fighting has reached the country's Kurdi...

Stuck between an aggressive Turkey, a Syrian dictatorship rising from its ashes and scattered criminal Djihadi factions, the small Rojava – recently renamed Democratic Federation of Northern Syria – valiantly leads its feminist...

The documentary is telling the Rojava Revolution, with stories of Assyrian, Kurdish, Arabic people. This people are subjected to the ISIS attacks, on the other hand they are trying to build a communal system like democratic autonomy. This struggle is not easy in a region like Syria, where the war continues and showing the effects on people’s life.

The film was shot in the three cantons of Rojava from December 2014 to July 2015. Studio and editing in Greece ended in November 2017. A total of 110 hours of shooting…

Rojava’s future depends on navigating regional and international power dynamics while safeguarding its commitment to values such as direct democracy, pluralistic autonomy, libertarian socialism, ecology, and feminism

City of Manbij targeted by Turkish-backed forces as civilians evacuate ~ Cristina Sykes ~  The United States Military last night (8 December) issued an explicit warning to jihadist and Turkish-backed factions in Northern Syria to avoid attacks on areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The American warning was issued to both ex-Al

The revolutionary dreams of millions of Syrians that flooded the streets in 2011 has finally become reality: the regime has fallen. After decades of Assad’s dynasty, today we woke up in a Syria without functional central government. The Syrian State has collapsed.

On the Fall of Bashar Al-Assad

Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb (Arabic: حمزة علي الخطيب; October 24, 1997 – May 25, 2011) was a 13-year-old Syrian boy who died while in the custody of the Syrian government[1] in Daraa. On April 29, 2011, he was detained during a protest. On May 25, 2011, his lifeless body was delivered to his family, having been badly bruised and mutilated. Hamza's family distributed photos and video of the body to journalists and activists. Shocked by what was depicted, thousands of people showed their support for Hamza online and in street protests.

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