North and East Syria

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North and East Syria is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria administered by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, known for its multi-ethnic, secular, and largely Kurdish-led self-governance system.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Northeastern Syria 1
Syrian Kurdistan 1
northeastern Syria 1

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf de facto autonomous region
political entity
administeredBy Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED
Rojava NERFINISHED
borderedBy Iraq NERFINISHED
Islamic State remnants (historically) NERFINISHED
Syrian government–held areas NERFINISHED
Turkey NERFINISHED
Turkish-occupied zones in Syria
capitalDeFacto Qamishli NERFINISHED
constitutionalPrinciple ethnic pluralism
gender equality
religious freedom
secularism
country Syria
deFactoAutonomyFrom Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED
deFactoEstablished 2012
dominantPoliticalMovement Democratic Union Party (PYD) NERFINISHED
economyFeature cooperatives
limited private sector
economySector agriculture
oil production
economyType mixed economy
establishedDuring Syrian civil war NERFINISHED
formalAdministrativeReorganization 2018
foughtAgainst Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED
Syrian government forces (sporadically)
Turkish Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition groups
governanceFeature co-chair system with gender parity
communal councils
local self-administration
governanceType autonomous self-administration
decentralized administration
governingBody Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Executive Council NERFINISHED
hasHumanRightsConcerns detention of ISIS suspects and families
displacement during conflicts
hasRegion Afrin Region (partly lost) NERFINISHED
Deir ez-Zor Region NERFINISHED
Euphrates Region NERFINISHED
Jazira Region NERFINISHED
Manbij Region NERFINISHED
Raqqa Region NERFINISHED
Tabqa Region NERFINISHED
ideology communalism
democratic confederalism
feminism
includesEthnicGroup Arabs NERFINISHED
Armenians NERFINISHED
Assyrians NERFINISHED
Kurds NERFINISHED
Syriacs NERFINISHED
Turkmen NERFINISHED
legalDocument Social Contract of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Syrian Democratic Council NERFINISHED
locatedIn northeastern Syria NERFINISHED
majorCity Deir ez-Zor (parts) NERFINISHED
Hasakah NERFINISHED
Kobanî NERFINISHED
Manbij NERFINISHED
Qamishli NERFINISHED
Raqqa NERFINISHED
militaryAlly US-led coalition (against ISIS) NERFINISHED
United States (against ISIS) NERFINISHED
notRecognizedBy Syrian government NERFINISHED
notWidelyRecognizedBy international community
officialLanguagePolicy multilingual
partOfConflict Syrian civil war NERFINISHED
politicalSystem largely Kurdish-led administration
multi-ethnic self-governance
secular governance
religiousComposition Christians
Sunni Muslims NERFINISHED
Yazidis NERFINISHED
securityForces Asayish NERFINISHED
Syrian Democratic Forces NERFINISHED
shortName NES NERFINISHED
strategicImportance control of Syrian northeast oil fields
usesLanguage Arabic
Kurdish
Syriac NERFINISHED

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

AANES region North and East Syria
General Council governs North and East Syria
subject surface form: General Council (Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria)
General Council locatedIn North and East Syria
subject surface form: General Council (Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria)
People's Courts appliesToTerritory North and East Syria
subject surface form: People's Courts (AANES)
High Justice Council appliesToTerritory North and East Syria
High Justice Council locatedIn North and East Syria
SDF controlsTerritory North and East Syria
subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
Syriacs historicalRegion North and East Syria
this entity surface form: Northeastern Syria
govend hasRegionOfPractice North and East Syria
this entity surface form: Syrian Kurdistan
Syrian Democratic Council operatesIn North and East Syria
Assyrian question geographicFocus North and East Syria
this entity surface form: northeastern Syria