Rojava Information Center

Rojava Information Center
Type	Media center
Founded	December 2018
Founder	Thomas McClure; Koni Docolomansky; Joan Garcia; Chloe Troadec
Headquarters	Qamishli, Syria
Website	https://rojavainformationcenter.com

The Rojava Information Center (RIC) (Kurdish: Navenda Agahîyan a Rojava‎) is a news agency in Syria. It's headquarters are located in Qamishli.[1] It was founded by foreign volunteers in Rojava (Thomas McClure, Joan Garcia, Koni Docolomansky and Chloé Troadec) in reaction to the December 2018 announcement of US president Donald Trump of a US military withdrawal from Rojava.[2] The project creators were worried there might be another war and in their perception there was little foreign media present at the time. During the Turkish invasion of Afrin, the RIC began to provide information to a wide range of foreign reporters.[3]

The aim of the RIC is to provide foreign journalists with information from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), better known as Rojava.[2] It has collaborated with news agencies like CNN, BBC, Associated Press (AP) and The New York Times.[4]

The RIC has been described as being “pro-Kurdish”[5] and “pro-opposition”.[6]

References

Staff, Al-Monitor (2020-08-28). "COVID-19 cases increasingly rapidly in northeast Syria". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
Bellingreri, Marta (2019-12-24). "Rojava Information Center, a media bridge to the world outside". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
"International volunteers play a key role in documenting Turkish offensive". Syria Direct. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
"Rojava Information Center". Rojava Information Center. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
"Clashes displace thousands in Syria despite Turkey's safe zone". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
"Italian photojournalist severely injured covering clashes in eastern Syria". cpj.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

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[1] Staff, Al-Monitor (2020-08-28). "COVID-19 cases increasingly rapidly in northeast Syria". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-12-16.

[:0-2] Bellingreri, Marta (2019-12-24). "Rojava Information Center, a media bridge to the world outside". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

[3] "International volunteers play a key role in documenting Turkish offensive". Syria Direct. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

[4] "Rojava Information Center". Rojava Information Center. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

[5] "Clashes displace thousands in Syria despite Turkey's safe zone". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

[6] "Italian photojournalist severely injured covering clashes in eastern Syria". cpj.org. Retrieved 2020-03-29.