Rojava has received a lot of criticism from all sides of the spectrum, some valid, some invalid. This article will explore these criticisms. Some of the most common critiques are:
- Growing authoritarianism and development of a state
- Promotion of capitalism
- Collaboration with the United States
- Allegations of ethnic cleansing towards Arab people
Counter-Arguments
- Rojava cooperated with the US given its situation. At the time sandwiched between Turkey and ISIS, two extremely agressive entities in the Syrian Civil War, the autonomous zone had to accept support from the largest army in the world. However, the United States was mainly interested in fighting ISIS, and, when almost all of its army stationed there left Syria in 2019, Turkey occupied a large portion of its border with Rojava. Nothing was done against this by the US due to Turkey being in NATO.