Syria
More than 150,000 Kurds, Arabs, and Christians Are Once Again Under Siege, as Turkish-Backed Forces Block Aid, Gas, and Food
Damascus’s Absorption of the Syrian Democratic Forces Marks the End of a Secular Buffer and a Win for Ankara’s Regional Strategy
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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
Proximity to the Middle East Gives Cyprus Both a Stake and a Voice to Reframe How the European Union Engages with the Region
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
The Available Choices in Lebanon Are That Hezbollah Will Be Permitted to Gradually Re-Arm, or That Israel Will Prevent It from Doing So
If the Situation in Aleppo Spirals Out of Control, It Could Trigger Large-Scale Violence in Syria, Further Inflaming Ethnic Tensions