Rojava Is Fighting for Its Survival
> For days now, the Syrian interim government, together with Islamist mercenaries, has been carrying out attacks on Rojava, a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. Not only is a humanitarian #catastrophe imminent, but also the end of the #Kurdish self-government.
> [..] After the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, the Islamist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), under Ahmed al-Sharaa, seized control of large parts of the region. As a historic al-Qaeda affiliate, HTS lacks both viable administrative structures and broad societal legitimacy.
> Nevertheless, Western states, especially the United States, have signaled an early strategic interest in the militia’s political rise. For the United States, the UK, and the EU, al-Sharaa appears as a weak actor that does not control large parts of the country and can thus be easily co-opted into long-term geopolitical interests in the Middle East. Since seizing power, HTS has presented a diplomatic front to the outside world, while repression and #massacres are the rule internally. Alawites in Latakia, Druze in Suweida, and now Kurds have been targeted.
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/rojava-kurds-sdf-syria-war/
https://mastodon.social/@newsblogkurdistan/115956317738590318
https://journa.host/@NatalieDavis/115957221805865847
#Aleppo #DAANES #jihadist #revolution #SheikhMaqsoud #Turkey #attacks #Syria #Kurdistan #ISIS #UN #Rojava #Islamist #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast #Druze #Kurds #Alawites #AlQaeda #HTS #AhmedalSharaa
