Rojava between the hammer and the anvil

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Rojava between the hammer and the anvil

Democratic region faces an impossible choice if it loses NATO support  ~ Daniel Adediran, Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 15 February, Turkish-backed forces in northeastern Syria killed journalist Egîd Roj. This was exactly a year after the drone strike in which two journalists were murdered in Rojava last year. The date also marked 26 years of the imprisonment of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, with a general strike taking place in the region.  With…

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In the majority of Kurdish regions in northern and eastern Syria, a self-government was established in the course of the Arab Spring, which became internationally known as "Rojava". Since last December the Assad regime was overthrown, the future of this "Democratic self-government in northern and eastern Syria" has also been at stake. Katja Hermann, speaker for West Asia of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, spoke about the current situation with Lu…