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Kurdistan in Syria: Sinam Mohammed, European Representative of Rojava Self-Ruled Administration in Syria.

"Rojava (IPA: [roʒɑˈvɑ], "the West" in Kurdish) is a de facto autonomous region originating in and consisting of three self-governing cantons in northern Syria,[12] namely Afrin Canton, Jazira Canton and Kobanî Canton, as well as adjacent areas of northern Syria like Shahba region.[13] The region gained its de facto autonomy as part of the ongoing Rojava conflict and the wider Syrian Civil War, establishing and gradually expanding a secular polity[14][15] based on the Democratic Confederalism principles of democratic socialism, gender equality, and sustainability.[3][4][12][16]

On 17 March 2016, its de facto administration self-declared the establishment of a federal system of government as the Federation of Northern Syria–Rojava (Kurdish: Federasyona Bakurê Sûriyê – Rojava‎, Arabic: فدرالية شمال سوريا - روجآڤا‎‎, commonly abbreviated as NSR).[17][18] While entertaining some foreign relations, the NSR is not officially recognized as autonomous by the government of Syria[19][20] or any international state or organization. The protagonists of the NSR consider its constitution a model for a federalized Syria as a whole.[21] The updated December 2016 constitution of the polity uses the name Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria (Kurdish: Sîstema Federaliya Demokratîka Bakûrê Sûriyê‎, Arabic: النظام الاتحادي الديمقراطي لشمال سوريا‎‎).[22][23][24]

Also known as Western Kurdistan (Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistanê‎)[25][26] or Syrian Kurdistan,[27][28] Rojava is regarded by Kurdish nationalists as one of the four parts of Kurdistan.[29] However, Rojava is factually and programmatically polyethnic.[1][30] The cantons of Rojava are home to sizable ethnic Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and Turkmen populations, with smaller communities of ethnic Armenians, Circassians and Chechens.[31][32] This diversity is mirrored in its constitution, society and politics.[33]..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava