Artistic event in Qamishli in support of the YPJ
The support of the women of Rojava for YPJ remains unbroken. As part of the activities for International Women's Day on 8 March, the Golden Crescent Women's Culture and Art Movement (Hîlala Zêrîn) organised an event in support of the YPJ at the Culture and Art Centre in the city of Qamishlo.
The support of the women of Rojava for YPJ remains unbroken. As part of the activities for International Women's Day on 8 March, the Golden Crescent Women's Culture and Art Movement (Hîlala Zêrîn) organised an event in support of the YPJ at the Culture and Art Centre in the city of Qamishlo.
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Iraqi women's rights activist Yanar Mohammed has been assassinated in Baghdad
On 2 March 2026, Iraqi women's rights activist Yanar Mohammed was assassinated outside her home in Baghdad. This is not an isolated incident. Time and again, women who play a leading role in society are targeted and murdered. Examples include Rosa Luxemburg, Nagihan Arkasel, Jiyan Tolhildan, Sakine Canzis and Berta Caceres, who represent thousands of women. These are not attacks against individual women, but rather attacks against the goals of freedom, equality and the vision that another world is possible. A vision and a struggle that is particularly significant in these days, when the attempt to create a new Middle East is no less important.
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On 2 March 2026, Iraqi women's rights activist Yanar Mohammed was assassinated outside her home in Baghdad. This is not an isolated incident. Time and again, women who play a leading role in society are targeted and murdered. Examples include Rosa Luxemburg, Nagihan Arkasel, Jiyan Tolhildan, Sakine Canzis and Berta Caceres, who represent thousands of women. These are not attacks against individual women, but rather attacks against the goals of freedom, equality and the vision that another world is possible. A vision and a struggle that is particularly significant in these days, when the attempt to create a new Middle East is no less important.
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Yanar Mohammed, who was born in Baghdad in 1960 and lived in Toronto for several years, was an architect, human rights activist and one of Iraq's most prominent feminist voices. She was a co-founder of the Organisation Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) and campaigned for democracy, women's rights and social justice for many years. She was particularly committed to helping women who were victims of violence, forced marriage and human trafficking. With her help, shelters were set up where hundreds of women found refuge. Despite repeated threats and public incitement, she continued her work unabated.
We condemn this attack and remember her with honor. We know that her path will be continued by thousands. The spirit and struggle of free women can never be killed.
We condemn this attack and remember her with honor. We know that her path will be continued by thousands. The spirit and struggle of free women can never be killed.
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Ceremony of 5 martyrs in Kobanî
Yesterday 5 martyrs were laid to rest with a ceremony in Kobane.
Among them YPJ fighters Arîn Mîrkan (Emîne Ahmêd) and Rûken Botan (Hewa Ogurlu), who were martyred on 21st January this year in Raqqa by forces of the interim government. The ceremony was accompanied by chants of the slogan ‘the martyrs are immortal'.
Yesterday 5 martyrs were laid to rest with a ceremony in Kobane.
Among them YPJ fighters Arîn Mîrkan (Emîne Ahmêd) and Rûken Botan (Hewa Ogurlu), who were martyred on 21st January this year in Raqqa by forces of the interim government. The ceremony was accompanied by chants of the slogan ‘the martyrs are immortal'.
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Her independence was rooted in the plains of Kobani, and her yearning for freedom became part of her people’s heroic history
Comrade Shilan embodied the spirit of sacrifice during the historic resistance of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo. Alongside her comrades Ziyad and Deniz, she stood courageously against siege and betrayal. After the resistance in Aleppo, she joined the ranks of the Women’s Protection Units without hesitation and assumed front-line leadership. On March 2, Comrade Shilan feld martyr due an accident.
Comrade Shilan embodied the spirit of sacrifice during the historic resistance of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo. Alongside her comrades Ziyad and Deniz, she stood courageously against siege and betrayal. After the resistance in Aleppo, she joined the ranks of the Women’s Protection Units without hesitation and assumed front-line leadership. On March 2, Comrade Shilan feld martyr due an accident.
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Today a Ceremony was held in honor of martyr Şilan Kobani. YPJ Commander Sariya Afrin and Asayish Commander of Aleppo Axîn Nûcan walked shoulder to shoulder to pay their last respect.
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They may take our braids, but our dignity and our ideas cannot be eradicated
An interview with YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mohammed about the role of women taking up arms, the integration process with the the Syrian Interim government and the future of YPJ
https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2026/03/interview-they-may-take-our-braids-but-our-dignity-and-our-ideas-cannot-be-eradicated-ruksen-mohamed-spokesperson-of-the-womens-protection-units-ypj/
An interview with YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mohammed about the role of women taking up arms, the integration process with the the Syrian Interim government and the future of YPJ
https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2026/03/interview-they-may-take-our-braids-but-our-dignity-and-our-ideas-cannot-be-eradicated-ruksen-mohamed-spokesperson-of-the-womens-protection-units-ypj/
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Ceremony for martyr Shilan Kobane and Karker Kobane
Today, the two martyrs were laid to rest in their homeland of Kobane.
https://ypjrojava.net/en/?p=22579
Today, the two martyrs were laid to rest in their homeland of Kobane.
https://ypjrojava.net/en/?p=22579
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The celebrations for 8th of march, the international women's day, already started
On the occasion of 8th of march Kongra Star
visited YPJ. The celebrations were held under the slogan "With the philosophy of Jin Jiyan Azadî, we will defend the women's revolution".
On the occasion of 8th of march Kongra Star
visited YPJ. The celebrations were held under the slogan "With the philosophy of Jin Jiyan Azadî, we will defend the women's revolution".
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