Syria

The Turkish Invasion of Syria

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 15 2019 12:41

It was obvious from the beginning of the war against Bashar el Assad (2011) that Turkey intended to invade north-east Syria alongside its border (an area of some 30 kilometres deep and 420 long). Turkey only participated in the war against Isis/Daesh after a long delay, and never with much conviction.

A Class War Against State War – IWW Istanbul’s Statement on the Turkish Invasion of Syria

Submitted by R Totale on Oct 12 2019 11:20

Istanbul Industrial Workers of the World's statement against the invasion of Syria. The following statement was originally published on Yeryüzü Postası.

Turkish State begun to deport Syrian refugees en masse back to the war zones in Syria and border cities

Submitted by mikail firtinaci on Jul 22 2019 12:10

Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria wave after wave of refugees arrived Turkey. Currently there are about 4 million Syrian refugees living in several cities scattered throughout the country. In the last local elections the AKP government lost major cities like Istanbul and Ankara (where hundreds of thousands of immigrants are living in precarious conditions) to the opposition parties, who mostly ran on an anti-Syrian nationalist campaign. Now, the AKP government is trying to win its constituencies back by resorting to mass deportations of immigrants.

The battle of Idlib Province in Syria is decisive and crucial for the future of Rojava

This article is a brief analysing of the future of Rojava in Syria in Line with the attack of Assad’s forces on Idlib’s Province . The battle of Idlib can be a crucial one for all sides who are involve especially for the regime and the Kurdish in Rojava .
There are few scenarios that the Kurdish forces there and its self rule administration are facing . There is also a strong possibility after this battle the Kurdish question there can be on the top of Assad and Russia’s agenda to be resolved either way.

叙利亚与国际左翼：《雅各宾》对亚瑟尔·穆尼夫的访谈

Submitted by sjzc on Jul 18 2018 08:12

目前为止，这个访谈录大概是最有助于我们理解叙利亚草根革命如何变成有国外势力参与的内战的一个中文资料，包括：阿萨德政权的性质、叙利亚活跃的各类反对派组织的复杂局面、地区和全球势力在当地的利益诉求、以及对左翼“反帝国主义”认识框架的反思。

On the Syrian Revolution: A Perspective from Korydallos Prison, Greece

An anarchist analysis of the Syrian revolution, produced by inmates in Korydallos prison. This article first appeared at Antidote Zine.

We Should Know Where We Stand: M1 Anarchist Alliance on Syria and Imperialism

KS, of the First of May Anarchist Alliance's Michigan chapter, analyses the situation in Syria, and how anarchists should respond to it.

Le point d’explosion de l’idéologie au Kurdistan – VP & GEH

Refusant les lectures policières de l’histoire comme la géopolitique de comptoir, ce texte se propose d’étudier les raisons de l’engouement unanime pour « les Kurdes » (c’est-à-dire prosaïquement le PYD, et sa branche armée, les YPG) au sein des gauches françaises.
Source: http://solitudesintangibles.fr/le-point-dexplosion-de-lideologie-au-kurdistan-vp-geh/

The explosion point of ideology in Kurdistan – VP & GEH

Submitted by Blesk on May 16 2018 17:08

Refusing the police interpretation of history as well as a bartering style of geopolitics, this text proposes to study the reasons for the unanimous enthusiasm for “the Kurds” (that is to say, prosaically the PYD, and its armed wing, the YPG) within the French left.
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