The Democratic Union Party (PYD) will hold its 8th Ordinary Congress in Qamishlo on 24-25 January.

The party, which has resisted a heavy wave of massacre, arrest and repression of the Baath regime since it was founded in 2003, will hold its 8th Congress under the motto “We will defeat invasion with democratic unity, develop autonomous administration and build democratic Syria”.

The previous congress of the PYD had been held in Rimelan town of the Cizire region on 27-28 September 2017 under the motto “From free Rojava towards federal and democratic Syria”.

The two-day congress will witness an evaluation of the party’s works, co-presidency reports, presentation of Women’s General Council and Party General Council, assessment of political program and regulation discussions.

The new administration of the party will be elected at the congress.