Rojava conflict
The Rojava conflict, also known as the Rojava Revolution, is a political upheaval and military conflict taking place in northern Syria, known among Kurds as Western Kurdistan or Rojava.
| Rojava conflict | |||||||||
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| Part of the Syrian civil war and the Turkish–Kurdish conflict | |||||||||
Top left: SDF Victory in the Battle for Raqqa (2017). Top right: Coalition airstrike on SIL position in Kobanî. Middle right: PYD supporters at a funeral. Bottom left: Kurdish YPJ fighters. Bottom right: Syriac Military Council patch. | |||||||||
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YPG-Allied FSA Russia |
Turkish allied Syrian opposition | Islamic State | Russia | ||||||
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Arab tribesmen
Syrian Armed Forces | Diwan al-Jund | Syrian Armed Forces | |||||||
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14,334 killed 245 killed | 1,176 killed | 9,158 killed | 561 killed | ||||||
| 444 civilians killed by Rojava | |||||||||
During the Syrian civil war that began in 2011, a Kurdish-dominated coalition led by the Democratic Union Party as well as some other Kurdish, Arab, Syriac-Assyrian, and Turkmen groups have sought to establish a new constitution for the de facto autonomous region, while military wings and allied militias have fought to maintain control of the region. This led to the establishment of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in 2016.
Supporters of the AANES state that the events constitute a social revolution with a prominent role played by women both on the battlefield and within the newly formed political system, as well as the implementation of democratic confederalism, a form of libertarian socialism that emphasizes decentralization, gender equality and the need for local governance through direct democracy.