As Kurds and their friends go onto the streets in defence of Rojava – or, more properly, of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria – this week’s review looks at the latest developments in Turkey’s attempt to use brute force and brutal mercenaries to crush the Kurds, and to extinguish the beacon of hope they have created. The survival of the one part of Syria that prioritises women’s rights and the peaceful co-existence of different ethnicities and religions – the part that can provide an example for a new inclusive society - hangs in the balance.
