Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Syria.
It is tempting to argue that Israelās new military doctrine is predicated on perpetual warābut the reality is more complex. Not that…
On January 6, Israeli and Syrian leaders met in Paris for US-sponsored talks which saw Syriaās Islamist president Ahmed al-Sharaa reach a tentative agreement…
The ceasefire deal agreed between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last week ā hailed by the US…
How should we interpret the recent agreement between the Syrian Kurdish movement and the new Syrian government? Does it mark the end…
āThe attacks targeting the Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah in Aleppo are not the products of instantaneous military developments or…
Recent developments in northern Syria ā particularly east of the Euphrates ā carry grave implications for both the Kurdish condition and the…
In a discussion with one of my Danish leftist-oriented friends about the situation in Syria, I told her: What is happening now…
Since the beginning of the year, events in Rojava and Syria have escalated dramatically. In view of the rapid developments, there is…
Through the actions of regional and international hegemonic powers, the Middle East is being reshaped once again, a century after its last…
The agreement that terminated the Syrian Kurdish enclave was presented by its signatories as a pragmatic settlement. But, in fact, the deal…
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