Global Voices

Syria’s Gender Divide Intensifies: Equality in the North, Patriarchal Pushback in the South

Khabat Abbas / Truthdig Nov 25, 2025 Syrian women are upping the ante after Assad, citing Rojava’s model as an example to guarantee women’s participation in decision-making. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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Where Do the Kurdish Militias Go From Here?

Fréderike Geerdink / Truthdig Aug 15, 2025 Rohlat Afrin, leader of the Women’s Protection Units, explains her vision for integrating Kurdish forces into the Syrian army. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Books

Hope Without Hope in Rojava

Matt Broomfield / AK Press Jul 18, 2025 The Kurdish movement’s radical response to death may hold lessons for those offering up resistance in other parts of the world. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

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Rojava’s Embattled Revolution

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Jun 4, 2025 Against all odds, the Middle East's most progressive society survives. Dig deeper

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Fragility and Resilience: Glimpses of Rojava

Angéline Desdevises / Truthdig Feb 13, 2025 Photographer Angéline Desdevises captures life in Kurdish Syria, where the region's boldest democratic experiment finds new sources of resilience amid fresh rubble and political uncertainties. Dig deeper

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Rojava on the Brink

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Feb 13, 2025 Turkish airstrikes and an Islamist power in Damascus endanger the future of Syrian Kurdistan’s multiethnic democratic federation. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

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From Heroes to Suspects: The Betrayal of the Anti-ISIS International Brigade

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Sep 23, 2024 A decade after their celebrated victories, the foreign volunteers who helped defeat ISIS wage lonely battles against PTSD and harassment by Western governments. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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Rojava’s Elections Defy Turkish Bombs and U.S. Indifference

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Jun 17, 2024 After defeating ISIS and establishing a multiethnic democracy, the Kurdish-majority statelet goes to the polls. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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From U.S. Politics to Global Voices: Truthdig’s 2023 Highlights

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2023 Selections from a year of long-form investigations, global dispatches, political analyses, commentaries, essays, film reviews and more. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Rojava’s Improvised Revolution

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Oct 9, 2023 How the Middle East’s most progressive society survives in the face of catastrophe. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )