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
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
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
Rojava Revolution
…for the autonomous region, while military wings and allied militias fought to maintain control of the region. This led to the establishment of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) in 2016. Supporters of the Kurdish movement viewed the events as a social revolution in which women had played a prominent role both on the…
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