Complex sentence: The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 as part of the ongoing Rojava conflict and the wider Syrian Civil War, establishing and gradually expanding an officially secular polity based on the democratic confederalist principles of democratic socialism, gender equality and ecological sustainability.
Split into simpler sentences: The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 as part of the ongoing Rojava conflict and the wider Syrian Civil War. The supporters of the region argue that it is an officially secular polity based on the democratic confederalist principles of democratic socialism, gender equality and ecological sustainability.