Greens Senator David Shoebridge became the first Australian parliamentarian to visit the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (also known as Rojava) on September 19–25. He spoke with Green Left's Peter Boyle about the visit.

Greens Senator David Shoebridge became the first Australian parliamentarian to visit the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria/Rojava (DAANES) on September 19–25. He was accompanied by Dr Elise Boyle, who has researched Rojava’s education system, and Greens Inner West City Councillor Ismet Tashtan and Baran Sogut, both Kurdish community activists in Sydney.
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The delegation went to see what the Kurdish-led Rojava revolution has achieved. Among many achievements, since 2012, it has liberated a third of Syria from the former Bashar al-Assad dictatorship and driven out Islamic State/Daesh (ISIS) from its territory.