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2017 Northern Syria Local Elections
The first local elections in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria were held on 22 September 2017. Representatives of 3,700 communes in the regions of the Northern Syria Federation were selected in the election, involving 12,421 candidates. The communal elections on 22 September were followed by elections of local councils in December and a federal parliamentary election of the People's Democratic Council, the region's highest governing body, in 2018. Some areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces were not included in the election, including the city of Manbij. Preparations Between 27 and 28 July 2017, a conference of the Syrian Democratic Council was held in the town of Rmelan. During the conference, the three-canton system in Rojava was changed to three federal regions, the Jazira, the Euphrates, and Afrin Regions. Dates of elections were also decided at the meeting, with 22 September being the date for communal elections, 3 November for municipal elections, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rojava
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing Regions of North and East Syria, sub-regions in the areas of Afrin Region, Afrin, Jazira Region, Jazira, Euphrates Region, Euphrates, Raqqa, Al-Thawrah, Tabqa, Manbij and Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Deir Ez-Zor. The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 in the context of the ongoing Rojava conflict and the wider Syrian Civil War, in which its official military force, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has taken part. While entertaining Foreign relations of North and East Syria, some foreign relations, the region is not officially recognized as autonomous by the government of Syria or any state except for the Parliament of Catalonia, Catalan Parliament. The AANES has widespread support for its universal Democracy, democratic, ecological, sustainable, autonomous pluralism (political philosophy), pluralist, Eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ﾃ四ham Ehmed
ﾃ四ham Ehmed (Arabic: ﾘ･ﾙﾙﾘｧﾙ ﾘ｣ﾘｭﾙﾘｯ), also rendered as ﾃ四ham Ahmed, is a Syrian politician from the Democratic Union Party currently serving as the co-president of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) and member of the executive committee of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) coalition. Until July 2018, she was a co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), a political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces that acts as the legislature for Rojava. Life and career An ethnic Kurd born in Afrin, Ehmed has been outspoken on the aim of a programmatically polyethnic character of a future Syria. At the start of the second Raqqa campaign in November 2016, she said:Such an administration could provide a good example for democratic change in Raqqa, especially that the city has been for years a de facto capital for the ISIS terrorist group. This accomplishment would be a major change in the overall situation in Syri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazira Canton
The Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton, ( ku, Herﾃｪma Cizﾃｮrﾃｪ, ar, ﾘ･ﾙほﾙ館 ﾘｧﾙﾘｬﾘｲﾙ韓ｱﾘｩ, syr, ﾜｦﾜ｢ﾜ杲ｬﾜ ﾜ舗曇吁ｪﾜｬﾜ, Ponyotho d'Gozarto), is the largest of the Regions of Rojava, three original regions of the de facto Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). As part of the ongoing Rojava conflict, its democratic autonomy was officially declared on 21 January 2014. The region is in the Al-Hasakah Governorate (formerly known as the Al-Jazira Province) of Syria. According to the AANES constitution, the city of Qamishli is the administrative center of Jazira Region. However, as parts of Qamishli remain under the control of Syrian government forces, meetings of the autonomous region's administration take place in the nearby city of Amuda. The region has two subordinate cantons, the Hasakah canton consisting of the al-Hasakah area (with the Al-Shaddadi, Al-Arisha and Al-Hawl districts subordinate to it), the Al-Darbasiyah area, and the Tell Tamer area, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutoro
The Syriac Security Office ( syr, ﾜ｡ﾜ湎ｬﾜ爪 ﾜ舗｣ﾜ俐ｬﾜｪﾜ ﾜ｣ﾜ俐ｪﾜ杲杲, Mawtbo d'Sutoro Suryoyo, ar, ﾘｳﾙ畏ｪﾙ畏ｱﾙ), commonly known as the Sutoro or the Sutoro Police, is a Christian Assyrian/Syriac police force in Jazira Region of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in Syria, where it works in concert with the general Asayish police force of the canton with the mission to police ethnic Assyrian areas and neighbourhoods. Its establishment is associated with the Syriac Union Party (SUP). History Integration in the Rojava institutions With the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War and the Rojava conflict, Sutoro units were first organized in town of al-Qahtaniyah (Qabre Hewore), and soon thereafter in al-Malikiyah (Dayrik). The Syriac Union Party maintains warm and friendly relations with its Kurdish neighbours, and it was one of numerous organizations to join the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in establishing a formal administration for self-governance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qamishli
Qamishli ( ar, ﾙｱﾙﾙ壷ほ借ｧﾙﾙ切ｴﾙ壷ﾙ拙, Al-Qﾄ［iﾅ｡lﾄｫ, ku, ﾙぺｧﾙﾘｴﾙﾛ, Qamiﾅ殕o, syc, ﾜ爪杲ｬ ﾜ吁ﾜ變緯｢, Bﾄ乍ｹｯ Zﾄ〕ﾄｫn, lit=House of Reeds or syr, ﾜｩﾜ｡ﾜｫﾜﾜ, translit=Qamishlo) is a city in northeastern Syria on the Syria窶典urkey border, adjoining the city of Nusaybin in Turkey. The Jaghjagh River flows through the city. With a 2004 census population of 184,231, it is the List of cities in Syria, ninth most-populous city in Syria and the Al-Hasakah Governorate, second-largest in Al-Hasakah Governorate after Al-Hasakah. Qamishli is now predominantly populated by Kurds in Syria, Kurds with large numbers of Arabs and Assyrians in Syria, Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians in Syria, Armenians. It is northeast of Damascus.Zurutuza, Carlos. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Protection Forces
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent of members. In the social sciences, a larger society often exhibits stratification or dominance patterns in subgroups. Societies construct patterns of behavior by deeming certain actions or concepts as acceptable or unacceptable. These patterns of behavior within a given society are known as societal norms. Societies, and their norms, undergo gradual and perpetual changes. Insofar as it is collaborative, a society can enable its members to benefit in ways that would otherwise be difficult on an individua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-Terror Forces
The Internal Security Forces; ar, ﾙほ異 ﾘｧﾙﾘｧﾙﾙ ﾘｧﾙﾘｯﾘｧﾘｮﾙﾙ, Quwﾄ al-ﾊｾAmn ad-Dﾄ≪ｸｵilﾄｫ., also known as the Asayish; ar, ﾘｧﾙﾙ坪｣ﾙ借ｳﾙ借ｧﾙ館切ｴ, al-ﾊｾAsﾄ【iﾅ｡; syr, ﾜ折｣ﾜ折杲杲ｫ, Kurdish for Security. in the Jazira, Euphrates, and Afrin Regions, is the police force of the autonomous regions of Rojava. Formed in the early stages of the Syrian Civil War, it had initially been established to police areas controlled by the Kurdish Supreme Committee. In October 2013, the Asayish claimed to have 4,000 members; by 2017, the number had reportedly risen to over 15,000. Structure Organization According to the Constitution of North and East Syria, policing is the responsibility of the autonomous sub-regions. Overall, the local Asayish forces are composed of 26 official bureaus that aim to provide security and solutions to social problems. The six main units of the Asayish are Checkpoints Administration, Anti-Terror Forces Command ( ku, Hﾃｪzﾃｪn Antﾃｮ Teror, HAT), Intellige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asayish (Rojava Cantons)
The Internal Security Forces; ar, ﾙほ異 ﾘｧﾙﾘｧﾙﾙ ﾘｧﾙﾘｯﾘｧﾘｮﾙﾙ, Quwﾄ al-ﾊｾAmn ad-Dﾄ≪ｸｵilﾄｫ., also known as the Asayish; ar, ﾘｧﾙﾙ坪｣ﾙ借ｳﾙ借ｧﾙ館切ｴ, al-ﾊｾAsﾄ【iﾅ｡; syr, ﾜ折｣ﾜ折杲杲ｫ, Kurdish for Security. in the Jazira, Euphrates, and Afrin Regions, is the police force of the autonomous regions of Rojava. Formed in the early stages of the Syrian Civil War, it had initially been established to police areas controlled by the Kurdish Supreme Committee. In October 2013, the Asayish claimed to have 4,000 members; by 2017, the number had reportedly risen to over 15,000. Structure Organization According to the Constitution of North and East Syria, policing is the responsibility of the autonomous sub-regions. Overall, the local Asayish forces are composed of 26 official bureaus that aim to provide security and solutions to social problems. The six main units of the Asayish are Checkpoints Administration, Anti-Terror Forces Command ( ku, Hﾃｪzﾃｪn Antﾃｮ Teror, HAT), Intell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria Direct
Syria Direct or Syria:direct ( ar, ﾘｳﾙ畏ｱﾙ韓ｧ ﾘｹﾙﾙ ﾘｷﾙ異), founded in 2013, is an independent news organization based in Amman, Jordan, that provides news coverage on Syria's war and politics, and trains journalists. They have been funded by an American organization, the Global Peace and Development (GPD) Charitable Trust, as well as by the US State Department and several embassies in Amman.窶露 wanted to show the truth窶: Syria Direct trainees reflect as 10th cohort of journalists graduates 2018-04-16. Online news ''Syria Direct'' is published in English and Arabic. The articles are for readers who are already knowledgeabl ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Raqqa (2017)
The Battle of Raqqa (2017), also known as the Second Battle of Raqqa, was the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa campaign (2016窶2017) launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State (ISIL) with an aim to seize the city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIL since 2014. The battle began on 6 June 2017, and was supported by airstrikes and ground troops from the US-led coalition. The operation was named the "Great Battle" by the SDF. It concluded on 17 October 2017, with the SDF fully capturing the city of Raqqa. The battle ran concurrently with the lifting of the Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014窶2017) as well as the Battle of Mosul (2016窶2017), which started seven months earlier, as part of an effort by the CJTF窶徹IR and its allies to strip ISIL of its regional centers of power and to dismantle it as a state. Background In 2015, ISIL began to fortify the city and its surrounding areas with bunkers and a network of tunnels. By June 2017, Raqqa rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raqqa
Raqqa ( ar, ﾙｱﾙﾘｱﾙ勺胎ほ勺滞ｩ, ar-Raqqah, also and ) (Kurdish languages, Kurdish: Reqa/ ﾚ保弁ぽ) is a city in Syria on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. The Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine city and bishopric Callinicum (formerly a Latin and now a Maronite Catholic titular see) was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate between 796 and 809, under the reign of Harun al-Rashid. It was also the capital of the Territory of the Islamic State, Islamic State from 2014 to 2017. With a population of 531,952 based on the 2021 official census, Raqqa is the sixth largest city in Syria. During the Syrian Civil War, the city was captured in 2013 by the Syrian opposition and then by the Islamic State. ISIS made the city its capital in 2014. As a result, the city was hit by airstrikes from the Syrian government, Russia, the United States, and Military intervention against ISIL, several other countries. Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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