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Gilbert Achcar reflects on what has happened so far in Syria to try to foresee what the future may hold.

Joseph Daher discusses the situation after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the desperate need to return to the original aspirations of the Syrian Revolution.

As Syria’s map takes on new colours, Sarah Glynn looks at an extraordinary week of events and at the aims of the different actors, especially focussing on the evolution and nature of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham.

Paul Iddon writes that with thousands having fled the rebel offensive in Aleppo, Syrian Kurds fear for their future. Plus statements from the Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Democratic Council, Women’s Protection Units, Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union and Kurdistan National Congress.

Gilbert Achcar writes that after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war. But while the future is murky at best, Leila al-Shami says Syrians can hope again.

This brochure is a compilation of four interviews analysing the Kurdish and Palestinian resistance.

Ilya Matveev — Vast shifts in the world economy are driving a new imperialist rivalry, for which a series of regional wars are creating dangerous flash points.

Peter Boyle — Leila Khaled is an iconic Palestinian revolutionary activist and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader. However, the Western media dubs her “the first woman plane hijacker” and Israel brands her a “terrorist”.

Berivan Amuda — What sets the Rojava Revolution apart is that it has truly been based on a struggle centering women’s liberation and society’s change towards an ethical and political society.

Joseph Daher — Faced with the violence of the Israeli occupying army and supported by its Western imperialist allies, the people of Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon face the growing risks of a more deadly regional conflagration.