Rojava conflict

The Rojava conflict, also known as the Rojava Revolution, is a political upheaval and military conflict taking place in northern <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a>, known among Kurds as Western Kurdistan or Rojava.
During the <a href="/facts/Syrian_civil_war/UD2gymjC">Syrian civil war</a> that began in 2011, a Kurdish-dominated coalition led by the <a href="/facts/Democratic_Union_Party_(Syria)/HPl2mUSo">Democratic Union Party</a> as well as some other <a href="/facts/Kurds/kV90PCdW">Kurdish</a>, <a href="/facts/Arabs/E77duPsg">Arab</a>, <a href="/facts/Assyrian_people/qfHqDhDc">Assyrian</a>, and <a href="/facts/Syrian_Turkmen/U3d4nzuh">Turkmen</a> groups have sought to establish a new <a href="/facts/Constitution_of_the_Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria/77B5Fp2w">constitution</a> for the de facto autonomous region, while military wings and allied militias have fought to maintain control of the region. This led to the establishment of the <a href="/facts/Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria/YEoQU4YH">Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria</a> (AANES) in 2016.
Supporters of the AANES state that the events constitute a <a href="/facts/Social_revolution/NjFCDlg3">social revolution</a> with a prominent role played by women both on the battlefield and within the newly formed political system, as well as the implementation of <a href="/facts/Democratic_confederalism/sNbI6Ba8">democratic confederalism</a>, a form of <a href="/facts/Libertarian_socialism/BICo0Hq1">libertarian socialism</a> that emphasizes decentralization, gender equality and the need for local governance through <a href="/facts/Direct_democracy/YmyUWBDX">direct democracy</a>.

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Rojava conflict