Middle East

Dave Holmes — Western governments profess a commitment to women’s rights, democracy, multiculturalism and ecology, but in reality they see Rojava as a threat.

Joseph Daher provides an update on the worrying developments under Ahmed al-Sharaa’s new government.

Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of Iran’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.

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.

Kayhan Valadbaygi — Deep political-economic transformations are causing recurrent waves of unrest, with no long-term solution in sight.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 in solidarity with Iranian protesters from Socialist Alliance (Australia), Partido Lakas ng Masa (The Philippines) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi — After the Assad regime’s collapse, many predicted the SDF would rapidly unravel from within. Those expectations have not materialised.