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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0278 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“The 2014 Charter of the Social Contract proclaimed democratic autonomy for the cantons of Afrin, Jazira and Kobane as an integral part of Syria, with authority said to derive from elected councils.”

Context. SIPRI (Özel and Yilmaz) describes the PYD, formed in 2003, as a PKK affiliate that held Kurdish-majority areas by the end of 2012.

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The Kurds in the Middle East, 2015

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