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The territory around Jazira province of northeastern Syria is called Gozarto (Classical Syriac: ܓܙܪܬܐ, romanized: Gozarto), part of the historical Assyrian homeland, by Syriac-Assyrians. [37] The area has also been nicknamed Federal Northern Syria and the Democratic Confederalist Autonomous Areas of Northern Syria. [9]
The Northern Syrian Provinces, or Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia, are areas of Ottoman Syria that were annexed to Turkiye. In 1921, the Ankara Agreement was finalised between France and the Turkish national government in exchange for Turkey's recognition of the French mandate over Syria .
Article 12 states the autonomous region remains an "integral part of Syria", anticipating a future federalization of Syria. [ citation needed ] The constitution has gained much international attention and is most noted for its explicit affirmation of minority rights , gender equality , and a form of direct democracy known as ' democratic ...
Syria, [d] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [e] [15] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.
Surrounding all of the symbols is the words "Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria" written in Arabic, Kurmanji, Syriac, and Turkish, the languages spoken in the region. The blue and yellow semicircles the whole emblem is put upon represents the Euphrates river and the "permanent spring" of the region. [ 1 ]
Northern Syria or North Syria may refer to: Upper Mesopotamia, which partly overlaps with northeastern Syria; Northern governorates, of the Syrian Arab Republic; Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, self-declared autonomous region in Syria; Turkish occupation of North Syria, joint Turkish-Syrian opposition held buffer zone
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. On 16 March 2016 its de facto administration declared the establishment of a federal system of government.
Starting on 10 June 2023, Turkish Armed Forces launched a campaign of air and ground strikes targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian Army in Northern Syria. On 13 June, the Kurdistan Communities Union announced the suspension of the unilateral ceasefire it had imposed following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake. [8]