Middle East
Jabour Tribe leader Sheikh Akram Mashoush discusses the history of his tribe, defections from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the latest ceasefire agreement.
Syria: Can the Rojava Revolution survive?
Dave Holmes — Western governments profess a commitment to women’s rights, democracy, multiculturalism and ecology, but in reality they see Rojava as a threat.
Where is Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Syria heading?
Joseph Daher provides an update on the worrying developments under Ahmed al-Sharaa’s new government.
Iran: Currency shock, budget politics and class conflict
Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of Iran’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.
Governing crisis: Sanctions, austerity and social unrest in Iran
Ida Nikou — Recent protests triggered by currency collapse and price shocks expose how sanctions have reconfigured state power, enabling austerity and insider accumulation rather than relief.
Iran in revolt: Neoliberalization, sanctions, repression
Kayhan Valadbaygi — Deep political-economic transformations are causing recurrent waves of unrest, with no long-term solution in sight.
‘Your solidarity is part of our self-defense’: Two urgent calls from Rojava for global solidarity
Two urgent calls for solidarity with the Rojavan revolution, one initiated by Women for Rovaja and RiseUp4Rojava, the other from universities in Rojava/Northern and Eastern Syria.
Egypt: ‘Even when there is the worst kind of repression, it’s laying the seeds for opposition’
Hossam el-Hamalawy — Today, when it comes to political repression in Egypt, Hosni Mubarak is a human rights activist compared to Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
Stop war against the Kurds: Stand for peace, justice and freedom; solidarity with the Kurdish people
Kurdistan National Congress — The clear objective of the war of annihilation against the Kurds is to hand Syria over from the Baath dictatorship to the HTS dictatorship.
[Updated] (Statements) Defend the Rojava revolution against the Syrian regime’s genocidal attacks
Statements by the Revolutionary Left Party (Syria), Socialist Alliance (Australia), Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party, Turkey), Socialist Party of Malaysia, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA, and Southall Black Sisters (England) opposing the Syrian regime’s genocidal attacks on the Rojava revolution.
[Updated] Kurdish left statements: Defend Rojava!
Statements by Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union, Democratic Union Party and Kongra Star Coordination denouncing the Damascus transitional administration’s attacks on Rojava and North and East Syria.
(Statements): Solidarity with Iranian protesters!
Statements in solidarity with Iranian protesters from Socialist Alliance (Australia), Partido Lakas ng Masa (The Philippines) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.