The Socialist Alliance and its youth wing, Resistance, expresses our solidarity with the people of Paris and Beirut who were targeted in back-to-back acts of terror by ISIS forces in the past few days.
Syria
Russia's initiation of air strikes in Syria on September 30, a year after a US-led coalition began air strikes in Syria 鈥 both officially targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) 鈥 began the latest round of speculation of a 鈥渘ew Cold War鈥 with Russia and its allies pitted against the US and other Western imperialist powers.
Peter Boyle speaking at World Koban锚 Day rally, Sydney, November 1.
Peter Boyle gave this speech on behalf of Socialist Alliance at the Sydney rally for World Koban锚 Day on November 1.
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I am here to bring you greetings from the Socialist Alliance and the progressive newspaper 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
Tens of thousands of people have rallied worldwide to demand greater international support for Kurds battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the largely Kurdish territory of Rojava in northern Syria.
Kobane is a Rojavan town that was the scene of prolonged and devastating conflict between the Rojavan revolutionary forces and ISIS, before finally being liberated in January. The battle for Kobane became symbolic of the Rojavan struggle against ISIS and its allies, such as the Turkish state.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has confirmed that Turkish forces attacked Kurdish militia in northern Syria on October 25, on October 28.
The Kurdish People鈥檚 Protection Units (YPG) said the next day that its forces in the border town of Tal Abyad had come under machine-gun fire from across the frontier in Akcakale.
陌lham Ehmed is a member of the Executive Committee of the Movement For A Democratic Society (TEV-DEM), the leading political movement in the self-governing cantons in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan). She was interviewed by G眉nay Aksoy and Zana Kaya for on October 26.
On October 12, Amnesty International released a alleging 鈥渃ivilians living in areas of northern Syria under the de facto control of the Autonomous Administration led by the Partiya Yek卯tiya Demokrat (Democratic Union Party, PYD) are being subjected to serious abuses that include forced displacement and home demolitions.鈥
The report said some of these alleged abuses were war crimes.
One year ago, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) began its brutal assault on the city of Kobane in the largely Kurdish region of Rojava in the north of Syria. The violent fanatics were seeking to destroy the profoundly democratic, multi-ethnic and feminist revolution under way in the liberated autonomous region.
The Democratic Forces of Syria held a founding meeting on October 12 and released a final declaration three days later, on October 17.
Activists from Turkey's Kurdish lead People's Democratic Party (HDP).
Russia鈥檚 current military action in Syria, its first such action outside former Soviet territory, has shocked the world.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdo臒an exclaimed, miserably: 鈥淩ussia has no border with Syria, so why are they so interested in Syria?鈥
Russia followed the lead of Western powers on September 30 and began direct military intervention in Syria 鈥 using the same form (air strikes) and the same declared enemy, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Russia's campaign, aimed to shore up the beleaguered regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, will also target the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and other armed groups fighting the dictatorship.
Russia's entry into the fray has dramatically heightened tensions between Russia and the West and further complicated the already confused, multi-sided conflict in Syria.
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