Patrick Hilsman & Nizar Al RifaiMarch 3, 2025
For many researchers, journalists, analysts, and activists, the Syrian Civil War taught hard lessons about how easily a dictatorial fascist regime can target and erase digital memory. But the fight to preserve the memory must go on.
Patrick Hilsman & Henri SulkuFebruary 26, 2025
Townspeople from all walks of life describe the current phase of fighting as an existential war, a question of existence and non-existence for the town and its Kurdish identity. Many have personally endured the threat of ethnic cleansing when the Islamic State (ISIS) besieged the city ten years earlier and they are determined to defend their city once again.
Ronahi HassanFebruary 19, 2025
So far, the HTS government has not spoken out about the role of women or women’s rights, and there is a general silence on the subject. As women in North and East Syria, we are determined not to take a step back.
Editorial BoardFebruary 12, 2025
The Arab Spring in 2011 being a distant memory in many of the countries engulfed by the protest wave, in Syria, the long road to freedom appears now significantly shorter than a few months ago.
Luqman GuldivêSeptember 18, 2024
Three universities, several higher education institutions, and academies are now operating in northeast Syria. However, the real challenge is not simply to build schools and universities, but to develop an entirely new educational system with a philosophy based on new sociological principles.
Henri SulkuJuly 10, 2024
The fragile state of Syria’s ecology and agriculture has been weaponized by the warring factions of the civil war, often without a clear military objective, targeting the environment and civilian population. For neighboring Turkey, ecocidal attrition has become a prominent feature of its cross-border operations.