Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

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de facto autonomous region political entity self-governing region

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is a de facto self-governing region in northern and eastern Syria, led largely by Kurdish political forces and known for its multiethnic, secular, and gender-egalitarian political system.

Aliases (2)

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	de facto autonomous region → political entity → self-governing region →
alliedWith	United States-led coalition against ISIL →
alternativeName	AANES → Democratic Federation of Northern Syria → Rojava →
borderedBy	Iraq → Syrian government-controlled areas → Turkey →
capital	Qamishli →
constitutionalDocument	Social Contract of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria →
country	Syria →
deFactoLeader	Democratic Union Party → PYD →
establishedAs	Rojava self-administration →
executiveBody	Executive Council →
foundingYear	2012 →
governmentType	autonomous administration → multi-party system → semi-direct democracy →
hasAdministrativeDivision	cantons → regions →
ideology	communalism → democratic confederalism → feminism → libertarian socialism → multiethnic pluralism → secularism →
inConflictWith	ISIS → Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant →
judicialBody	High Justice Council → People's Courts →
legislature	General Council → Syrian Democratic Council →
locatedIn	Middle East → Western Asia → eastern Syria → northern Syria →
majorLanguage	Arabic → Kurdish → Syriac →
military	SDF → Syrian Democratic Forces →
notableCity	Hasakah → Kobanî → Manbij → Raqqa →
officialLanguagePolicy	multilingual →
partOf	Syrian territory →
politicalPrinciple	co-leadership system → ethnic inclusivity → gender equality → local self-governance →
populationGroup	Arabs → Armenians → Assyrians → Kurds → Syriacs → Turkmen →
recognizedBy	no United Nations member state as sovereign →
securityForce	Asayish →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ("Democratic Federation of Northern Syria") →	alternativeName
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ("Rojava self-administration") →	establishedAs
Kurds →	notableAutonomousRegion