We are delighted to announce that the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has expanded to open a new office on 6th of April 2014 in the Canton of Cezire in the Democratic Autonomous region in Rojava (Western Kurdistan – Northern Syria). The new office is located in the largest city of Rojava in Qamishlo. The government…
Western (Syria)
Dossier, Western (Syria)
A people’s quest for freedom and democratic autonomy
Contents •   Introduction •   Kurdistan: A Nation without a State •   A Brief History of Syria and Rojava-Kurdistan (Western Kurdistan) •   Repression of the Kurds in Syria •   The Kurdish Movement for Freedom in Syria •   The Kurdish Third Way as an alternative •   The Founding of the Interim Administration in Rojava-Kurdistan: •   Declaration of…
Press Release, Western (Syria)
The Kurds of Kobane canton are faced with massacre
Statement 24.12.2013- For the past few days in Southwest Kurdistan – Rojava (Syria) terrorist groups have surrounded the town of Kobane, one of the three cantons declared by the Kurds, and are threatening a massacre. The objective of these gangs to surround and capture Kobane is indirectly being supported by the Turkish and Syrian states.…
Dossier, Western (Syria)
The Social Contract of Rojava
Preamble We, the people of the Democratic Autonomous Regions of Afrin, Jazira and Kobane, a confederation of Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Arameans, Turkmen, Armenians and Chechens, freely and solemnly declare and establish this Charter, which has been drafted according to the principles of Democratic Autonomy. In pursuit of freedom, justice, dignity and democracy and led…
Western (Syria)
Briefly History of Syria and Rojava
After the First World War, the modern system of nation-states emerged in the Middle East. The Kurds lost the semi-autonomous status that they had enjoyed during the Ottoman times. This process was engineered by the great European powers led by the UK and France. After the Second World War, the USA emerged as the most…
Dossier, Western (Syria)
Geneve II
Press Release, Western (Syria)
Mobilization for the protection of Rojava
Statement 11.06.2013 – We would like to take your attention to the crisis in Afrin and Kobani, caused by attacks against western Kurdistan and the migration from the region, We called on the people of Kurdistan to mobilize for the protection of Rojava. As Kurdistan National Congress out that exploitative powers, those who do not…
Northern (Turkey), Press Release, Western (Syria)
Turkey is supporting and setting Jihadist groups against the Kurds
Statement 26.11.2012 – There have been important developments since November 8th in Serekani (Ras al-Ayn), the Kurdish area of Syria, which is also on the border of Turkey. Neighboring a town by the same name (Ceylanpinar) on the Turkey border, Serekani is a multicultural and multi-ethnic city with Arab, Assyrian and Circassian inhabitants. Both Serekani’s…