Barrack is in no hurry regarding politics. His obsessions are purely security-driven, Mohammad Al-Salloum argues.
Regarding the prisons holding ISIS detainees, a source told al-Thawra that the Syrian state categorically rejects any political manipulation of this file.
If the zero-sum battle continues—the worst-case scenario—the result may resemble what happened in Suweida and the coast: the further isolation of Kurds from Syria, Basheer Amin argues in Daraj.
The true question is not whether Syria needs decentralization or not, but rather: who has the right to define it, Maysoon Mohammed argues in Ultra Syria.
