The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava, was a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria from 2012 until its integration into the Syrian state in
Having been part of the Fertile Crescent, Northern Syria has several Neolithic sites such as Tell Halaf.
Ruins of the "Red House" of the Assyrian site Dur-Katlimmu exposed by excavations (6th century AD)
The Ba'athist government of Syria under Hafez al-Assad (pictured c. 1987) implemented Arabization policies in northern Syria.
Kurds celebrating Newroz in Girê Tertebê, near Qamishli, in 1997
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The Rojava Revolution, also known as the Rojava conflict, was a political upheaval and military conflict that took place from 2012 to 2026 in northern Syria, known among Kurds as Western Kurdistan or
Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
…the Syrian government or any other state, although the Parliament of Catalonia recognized it. The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 amid the Rojava conflict and the wider Syrian civil war, with its official military force, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), participating in the conflict. Northeastern Syria…
Clockwise from top left: SDF Victory in the Battle for Raqqa (2017) Coalition airstrike on Islamic State position in Kobanî PYD supporters at a funeral Syriac Military Council patch Kurdish YPJ fighters
Kurds, Assyrians, and Arabs demonstrate against the Ba'athist regime in Qamishli, 6 January 2012
Ras al-Ayn and a series of other towns in northern Syria were partially captured by the YPG in 2012 (Battle of Ras al-Ayn depicted).
Anarchists and Kurds marching in France in support of Rojava