Rojava conflict

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armed conflict civil war theatre

The Rojava conflict is a multi-sided armed struggle in northern Syria centered on the Kurdish-led autonomous region of Rojava, involving local militias, Islamist groups, and regional and international powers.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Syrian Democratic Forces–Turkish conflict	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war theatre ⓘ
cause	Kurdish pursuit of autonomy in Syria ⓘ power vacuum in northern Syria after 2011 uprising ⓘ regional rivalry involving Turkey, Syria, Iran, and other actors ⓘ
conflictType	asymmetric warfare ⓘ multi-sided conflict ⓘ
governingBodyInArea	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasObjective	control of territory in northern and eastern Syria ⓘ defense and consolidation of Kurdish-led autonomous region in northern Syria ⓘ
hasParticipant	Democratic Union Party (Syria) NERFINISHED ⓘ Free Syrian Army factions NERFINISHED ⓘ Hezbollah NERFINISHED ⓘ ISIL NERFINISHED ⓘ ISIS NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian-backed militias ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Jabhat al-Nusra NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish Peshmerga forces from Iraqi Kurdistan (limited involvement) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish YPJ–YPG Asayish security forces NERFINISHED ⓘ PYD NERFINISHED ⓘ People's Protection Units NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ SDF NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Arab Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Democratic Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.-led coalition against ISIL NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Women's Protection Units NERFINISHED ⓘ YPG NERFINISHED ⓘ YPJ NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Nusra Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Kurdish nationalism (Rojava administration side) ⓘ Salafi jihadism (ISIL and some Islamist groups) ⓘ democratic confederalism (Rojava administration side) ⓘ
locatedIn	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Rojava NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Syria ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Manbij (2016) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tell Abyad (2015) NERFINISHED ⓘ Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Kobani NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish military operation Euphrates Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish military operation Olive Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish military operation Peace Spring NERFINISHED ⓘ
otherEthnicGroupsInvolved	Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Assyrians NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmen NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Syrian civil war NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroupInvolved	Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish–Turkish conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ War against the Islamic State NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	2012 ⓘ
status	ongoing (as of mid-2020s) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → conflict → Rojava conflict ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → conflict → Rojava conflict ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces–Turkish conflict

Battle of Kobani → partOf → Rojava conflict ⓘ