Lately, North Syria captured world powers attention which intervened directly or indirectly in Syrian territories, and the rapidly changing spheres of influence among the conflicting powers in those areas, the influence distribution on those areas between factions belong to self-administration, ISIS organization, Assad regime forces and Euphrates Shield factions. But the armed forces belong to self-administration dominated by Democratic Union Party still extend its control over majority of those areas which include parts of al-Hasakah, al-Raqqa and Aleppo provinces.
Those areas witness media blackout on violations and encroachments carried out by powers in control against civilians and human rights activists who document those violations and opposition activists or critics of ruling methods of those areas especially in self-administration held areas, while most media institutions licensed by self-administration work under level set by the administration authorities and under its supervision.