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Rojava Pushed to the Brink as Syrian Government Advances

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Over 16 years have passed since Mohamed Bouazizi – a Tunisian street vendor – self-immolated in protest against longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. This pivotal moment served as the beginning the “Arab Spring” – a series of global political revolutions that began in the north African country of Tunisia, subsequently spreading across the wider Middle East and the world. Syria would become the epicenter of this global movement in 2011, when…

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Rojava: End of a dream? Leaves Editors 25 February 2026 - 14:17 Image: Members of the YPG in front of the city of Hasakeh in north-eastern Syria, 2.2.2026 (Amjad Kurdo / IMAGO / Middle East Images) Syria stood on the abyss for three weeks in January. In the north-east of the country, the conflict between central government and Kurdish-led self-government escalated – fighting, displacement and human rights violations threatened to degenerate into…

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UNICORN RIOT broke the news in on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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