Search

Did you mean
brisbane

Search results

  1. Kobane: Epic resistance increases pressure on US and Turkey

    Imperialism & war International solidarity Democracy National liberation Dave Holmes Kobane ... and inspired people around the world. It has forced the world’s media to cover the drama of Kobane and ... the Turkish government that backs them — miscalculated. They expected Kobane to fall within a week or ...

  2. Kobane: Heroic defence resists ‘Islamic State’ assault

    since September 15, the northern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Kobane (whose Arabic name is Ayn ... ever before and the situation remains perilous. Kobane, 135 kilometres north-east of Aleppo, hard up ... Middle East. The defence of Kobane has become a national crusade for the Kurdish people. While tens of ...

  3. An inspiring glimpse of Rojava's revolution

    Imperialism & war Anti-racism Democracy National liberation Dave Holmes Kobane Rojava ... rebuilding of Kobane and the progress and problems of the Rojava revolution. Hawzhin Azeez, a former ... University of Newcastle academic and now a central figure on the Kobane Reconstruction Board, spoke for ...

  4. Kurdish liberated zone appeals for support against assault by Islamic State thugs

    September 15, the city of Kobane in the Kurdish-majority liberated area of Rojava in northern Syria has been ... Kobane (Arabic name: Ayn al-Arab) was besieged by 5000 IS thugs armed with US heavy weapons seized from ... fallen to the IS. Located 135km north-east of Aleppo, hard up against the Turkish border, Kobane is now ...

  5. Ambitious conference to discuss support for Rojava

    Kobane Reconstruction Board, will address the conference via Skype. Kobane, like all the liberated ...

  6. Kurds mobilise to fight Islamic State

    Kobane in Syria to Mosul and Kirkuk in Iraq — and all points in between. Flush with money seized from ... Whether directly or indirectly, the entire Kurdish people is being drawn into the conflict. Kobane resists ... of the fight is the town of Kobane, hard up against the Turkish border, 135 kilometres north-east of ...

  7. Rojava conference to discuss support for commune-style democracy

    politics at Newcastle University. Today she is an activist with the Kobane Reconstruction Board. Azeez has ...

  8. Turkey: High stakes for Kurds and Erdogan in coming poll

    supporters abroad will be able to vote directly for the party. The September-January siege of Kobane, the ...