Syrian Democratic Forces
Al-Sharaa’s Regime Wants to Exploit the Balance of Power, Which Favors Damascus, to Alter the Kurdish Region
Terrorist Groups Are Poised to Exploit the Prevailing Insecurity Across the Region, Especially in Weak States like Syria
Barrack Supports Pragmatic Engagement with Existing Power Structures, Rather than Grassroots Democratic Movements
To Undermine the Kurds, Al-Sharaa Has Sought to Assert Greater Control over Their Political Representation
Behind Official Merger Language, Kobani Still Operates Under Kurdish Security Control
Delisting the PKK, or at Least Starting the Process, Would Signal That the United States Is Willing to Adapt Its Policies to Evolving Facts
All of Syria’s Major Communities Have Now Felt the Wrath of Armed Forces and Militias Under Al-Sharaa’s Government
A Month Ago, Syria’s Kurds Possessed a de Facto Area of Control Comprising a Third of Syria
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