Syrian Democratic Forces
The Diplomatic Veneer of the ‘New Syria’ Began to Crack, Revealing a Security Nightmare That the West Has Spent a Decade Trying to Prevent
The Agreement’s Ambiguity Leaves Room for Multiple Interpretations, Which Could Affect Its Implementation
Property Restitution, Security Conditions, and Minority Rights in Northwest Syria
As Sectarian and Ethnic Violence Becomes the Rule Rather than the Exception, the Excuses of Al-Sharaa and His Apologists Wear Thin
With U.S. Protection Gone, Islamist Forces Move to Dismantle the Kurdish-Led Order in Northern Syria
Sustained Engagement with Congressional Offices Remains the Kurds’ Clearest Path to Preserving Structural Autonomy
The New Regime Seeks to Crush a U.S.-Backed Kurdish Force
We May See the Wholesale Destruction of the Forces and the Authority That Paid the Highest Price to Defeat ISIS
The Advance of the Syrian Govt. Forces Has Been Accompanied by Atrocities, Including the Execution of Prisoners and the Abuse and Tormenting of Captured Female Kurdish Fighters
What Happens to the Kurds Could Be Akin to the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre, When Serbs Slaughtered 8,000 Bosnians
Syria Holds an Estimated 2.5 Billion Barrels of Oil and 8.5 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas but Reserves Do Not Guarantee Recovery
Without Political Acknowledgment of Kurdish Rights and the Rights of Druze, Alawites, and Other Minorities, Syria Will Not Stabilize
Relations with the United States, Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Russia Factor Into the Decision, as Does the Risk of Harming Kurds
A January 18, 2026, Agreement with the Government Represents a Major Setback for Syrian Kurds and Their Political Aspirations
The Hard Truth Is, That Ideology Has Failed to Create a Durable and Peaceful Political Order in the Kurds’ Host States
Turkish President Erdoğan Is Showing the Kurds and Their Supporters His Insincerity
The Oil Fields in the Kurdish Region and Much of the Land Is the Next Target of the Al-Sharaa Government
Contacts Between Displaced Alawite Fighters and the Syrian Democratic Forces Reflect Survival, Not Strategic Coordination
Claims of Mass Defection Obscure the Local, Fragmented, and Strategic Reality Inside the SDF
The Aleppo Clashes Reflect the Deeper Contradiction Between Syria’s Centralized State Project and the SDF’s Autonomous Vision