Since the information on Syrian Kurds are limited this blog post shows overview of resources on Syrian Kurds (Any suggestions vvanwilgen burg @ g m a i l . c o m).
News resources and information resources on Kurds in Syria
Organizational structures/institutions/parties
SDF: Syrian Democratic Forces:
- YPG - People's Protection Units, 2012
- In Hasakah (Cizere canton)
- Sanedeed (Shammar tribe) - 2013
- Syriac Military Council (MSF) - ?
- Elite Forces (Ahmad Jarba)
- Efrin/Shahba/Aleppo (Efrin canton)
- Army of Revolutionaries (Jaysh al-Thuwar) - May 3, 2015
- Northern Democratic Brigade
- Al Sabha brigade
- Tal Abyad/Raqqah (Kobani canton)
- Jaysh Thuwar ar-Raqqah (lead by Abu Issa)
- Manbij
- Northern Sun Brigade (Shams ash-Shamal)
- Seljuk brigade
SDC: Syrian Democratic Council
YPG: (Yekîneyên Parastina Gel) People's Protection Units established in 2011 More info here
TEV-DEM: Democratic Society Movement of Western Kurdistan - Institution created by the PKK to coordinate with Kurdish civil associations close to it. Structure consisting of many Kurdish organizations, including PYD,
PYD: (Partiya Yekitiya Demokrat) Democratic Union Party (PYD) established in 2003.
Kurdish Red Crescent (Hevya Sor)
Kurdish Red Crescent (Hevya Sor)
MGRK: (Meclisa Gel ya Rojavaye Kurdistane) - People's council of Western Kurdistan established (?)
SKC - Supreme Kurdish Council or High Kurdish Council
Mala Gel: People’s House, local coordinating committee created by the PYD
People's Council: ??
KNC (-s): Kurdish National Council of Syria, consists of 16 Syrian Kurdish political organizations on 26 October 2011.
Asayish (Security): Police/security agency
Democratic Political Union, which unites four rivals of the PYD funded by KDP Barzani on 15 December 2012 (now renamed KDP-S)
Supreme Kurdish Council (or High Kurdish Council) formed (?).
Official website of Efrin canton (new)
Official website of Cizere canton
Official website of Kobani canton
Constitutions/draft proposals
Social contract of Rojava cantons - 29 January 2014 (English)
Social contract of federal system for Northern Syria - 7 January 2016 (Arabic)
Constitution proposed by KNC - 6 january 2017 (Arabic)Official website of Cizere canton
Official website of Kobani canton
Constitutions/draft proposals
Social contract of Rojava cantons - 29 January 2014 (English)
Social contract of federal system for Northern Syria - 7 January 2016 (Arabic)
Russian draft constitution proposal - 25 January 2017 (Arabic)
Syrian opposition proposal for transition - 9 February 2014
Draft agreement KNC and Syrian opposition - 27 August 2013 (backup)
Data on refugees
HR Websites
Kurdwatch.org (non active)
News websites
Rojavanews (KDP-S) (new)
PDK-S (pro-KDP-S) (new)
TV focused on Rojava/Kurds
Orient TV - pro opposition
Zagros TV - Iraqi Kurdish pro-KDP. Sometimes reports about Syrian Kurds
KNN - Iraqi Kurdish pro-Change list.
Gelli Kurdistan - Iraqi Kurdish - Pro-PUK.
Arab24 (?)
RT (Russia)
K24 (KDP)
Badinan TV (PUK)
FB groups Kurdish
Armed Kurdish groups:
Grandsons of Saladin brigade (pro-Turkish)
Yusuf al-Azimi brigade
Desteya Giştî Ya Ciwanên Kurd - close to Sheikh Maqsoud Khaznawi batallion/coordination Mashaal Temmo brigade
Kurdish Islamist FB Groups
Non-Kurdish sources
Experts
Amberin Zaman
Carl Drott
Amberin Zaman
Carl Drott
Jordi Tejel
Aaron Lund
Cale Salih
Mutlu Civiroglu
Seda Altug
Christian Sinclair
Denise Natali
Dr. Harriet Allsop
Joost Jongerden
Robert Lowe, Chatham House
Thomas McGee
Vittoria Federici
Yezid Sayigh
Omar Hossino
Sirwan Kajjo
Maria Fantappie - ICG
More here
Reports/sources:
Kurdish youth groups in Syria: They play a pivotal role in Syria but often overlooked by experts and journalists
Report on Assyrians Under Kurdish Rule in Northeastern Syria (ignores Assad alliances of anti-PYD Christian orgs)
Report on Assyrians Under Kurdish Rule in Northeastern Syria (ignores Assad alliances of anti-PYD Christian orgs)
Jamestown Foundation: PYD not military threat to Turkey Syria’s Kurds: Troubled Past, Uncertain Future
Joost Jongerden - Communal Democracy: The Social Contract and Confederalism in Rojava
Report on Military Service Military Service, Mandatory Self-Defence Duty and Recruitment to the YPG
Update on Syria's stateless Kurds by Thomas McGee (about stateless Kurds)
The Revolutionaries of Bethnahrin (article about cooperation between PYD/PKK and Syriacs) Impressions from a recent trip by Turkish journalist Amberin Zaman (2016): Hope and fear for Syria's Kurds Al Monitor Changing faces of the pkk | Walter Posch
2016 Gendered Alternatives, exploring women’s role in peace and security in Kurdishself-administered areas of northern Syria (women rights)
ANANALYSIS OF JAISH AL-THUWAR (THE ARMY OF REVOLUTIONARIES) – A COMPONENT OF THESYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES2017: Critical report by Assyrian nationalists on self-administrationsThe educational reality in the self-management areas - November 2016 (Arabic)
NEW
2018 Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Pacific Eagle-Philippines | Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | January 1, 2018 – March 31, 2018 2018 Robert Ford - What is Trump’s Real Policy in Syria? - Al Jazeera Studies Centre Monday, 21 May 2018. Jonas Parello-Plesner - Post-Conflict Stabilization in Syriaand the Potential Impact ofU.S. Military Withdrawal - Hudson Institute - May 2018
2018 Seth Jones - Developing a ContainmentStrategy in Syria - CSIS - May 2018
NEW
2018 Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Pacific Eagle-Philippines | Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | January 1, 2018 – March 31, 2018 2018 Robert Ford - What is Trump’s Real Policy in Syria? - Al Jazeera Studies Centre Monday, 21 May 2018. Jonas Parello-Plesner - Post-Conflict Stabilization in Syriaand the Potential Impact ofU.S. Military Withdrawal - Hudson Institute - May 2018
2018 Seth Jones - Developing a ContainmentStrategy in Syria - CSIS - May 2018
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