Shia Koyi   

Koya_The revolution of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is considered one of the most significant political and social movements in the region,with women forming the core foce of the struggle and resistance.This revolutioin was not merely a project for political change,but also a defense of women’s rights,freedom,and identity.

widespread attacks on Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo. However, male and female fighters bravely confronted the assaults, defending their land and communities.

Women of the Kurdistan Region have continued their clear and unwavering support for the residents of those neighborhoods, reaffirming that the women’s line in the revolution will remain alive and that the will of peoples to defend freedom and dignity cannot be defeated. Afsana Alshin, from the city of Koya, stated:
“As a woman from Southern Kurdistan, I feel a great responsibility toward all four parts of Kurdistan. The current situation in North and East Syria concerns us all. We will not stand idly by; we will continue our support and will never allow them to be left alone.”

She explained that “since the era of Qadam Khair and Mastura Ardalan, Kurdish women have had a prominent presence in the path of struggle and revolution. They were never absent from battlefields; rather, they fought alongside men without discrimination or division. Our women have played an undeniable pioneering role—even when they did not carry weapons, they stood as support for their husbands or sons, never leaving the ranks empty, but standing behind them as pillars of strength for the family in the field of struggle.”

Responding to voices claiming that women have no place on the battlefield, she said:
“I categorically reject these claims. We have a living example of a young female fighter who carried a sniper rifle and fought a fierce battle so as not to fall captive to the enemy, keeping her last bullet as a final option. The enemy surprised and wounded her, then threw her body from the top of a building in a brutal scene that exposes its cruelty. For this reason, I completely reject what that sheikh said, and as a woman, I consider it my duty to file an official complaint so that the matter is presented before the Kurdistan Region’s courts and justice is served.”

For her part, Biman Abdul Razzaq, a poet and writer from Koya, spoke about the attacks targeting Kurds in North and East Syria, saying:
“The images and videos that reached us from the Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods shook our conscience and caused us deep pain. The scene of throwing the Kurdish female fighter from the top of a building is an inhumane act and a heinous crime that embodies the most extreme forms of brutality and savagery.”

She added:
“Since the 1980s, I have been part of the revolution and carried arms to prove that we women are always ready under all circumstances. There should be no discrimination—struggle is not a burden that men carry alone. We are partners in resistance, and the path of struggle will continue. The Kurdish people do not know defeat.”