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The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ends its autonomous rule following its full integration into Syria. · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News, where Wikipedia excerpts are read verbatim
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  by a computer. The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and
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  East Syria ends its autonomous rule following its full integration
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  into Syria. The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria,
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  also known as Rojava, was a de facto autonomous region
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  in northeastern Syria from twenty twelve until its integration into
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  the Syrian state in twenty twenty six. At various points
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  during its existence, it consisted of the self governing subregions
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  of Afri and Jazira, Euphrates, Rakka, Tabka, Manbijan de Rezir.
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  The region conducted some foreign relations, but was not officially
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  recognized as autonomous by the Syrian government or any other state,
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  although the Parliament of Catalonia recognized it. The region gained
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  its de facto autonomy in twenty twelve amid the Rojawa
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  conflict and the wider Syrian Civil War, with its official
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  military force the Syrian Democratic Forces participating in the conflict.
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  Northeastern Syria was polyethnic and was home to size able
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  ethnic Arab, Kurdish, and Assyrian populations, with smaller communities of
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  ethnic Turkmen Armenians, Circasians, and Yazidis. Independent organizations that provided
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  healthcare in the region included the Kurdish Red Crescent, the
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  Syrian American Medical Society, the Free Burma Rangers, and Doctors
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  Without Borders. From twenty sixteen until twenty twenty six, Turkish
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  and Turkish bagged Syrian rebel forces occupied parts of northern
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  Syria through a series of military operations against the SDF.
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  In January twenty twenty six, the Syrian Transitional Government took
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  full control of the territory previously controlled by Turkish and
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  Turkish backed Syrian rebel forces. Following the January twenty twenty
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  six Northeastern Syria offensive by government forces, up to eighty
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  percent of the daans's territory was captured and subsequently ceded
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  to the Syrian government as part of an integration agreement,
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  culminating in the daaas's full integration into the Syrian state
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  on the twentieth of August twenty twenty six. The Rujava Revolution,
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  all known as the Rojava Conflict, was a political upheaval
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  and military conflict that took place from twenty twelve to
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  twenty twenty six in northern Syria. Known among Kurds as
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  Western Kudistan or Rojawa. During the Syrian Civil War that
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  began in twenty eleven, a Kurdish dominated coalition led by
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  the Democratic Union Party as well as some other Kurdish, Arab,
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  Assyrian and Turkmen groups, had sought to establish a new
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  constitution for the autonomous region, while military wings and allied
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  militias fought to maintain control of the region. This led
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  to the establishment of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North
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  and East Syria in twenty sixteen. Supporters of the Kurdish
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  movement viewed the events as a social revolution in which
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  women had played a prominent role both on the battlefield
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  and within the formed political system, alongside the implementation of
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  democratic confederalism, a form of libertarian socialism that emphasized the centralization,
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  gender equality, and the need for local governance through direct democracy.
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  The twenty twenty six Non Eastern Syria offensive by the
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  Syrian armed forces under the Transitional Government marked the effective
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  end of the conflict and autonomous Rajava in mid January
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  twenty twenty six, as the SDF and daan e s
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  agreed to integrate into the Syrian army and government. On
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  August twentyeth twenty twenty six, the DAA ne e S
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  was integrated into the Syrian State, ending the conflict. That's
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  it for now. See the episode notes for sources and licensing.
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  Thank you.