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Opinion: There is a Solution for Syria in Hangzhou

If what we hear is true, the solution is based on acknowledging the status quo and surrendering to the rule of the current regime despite the killing, destruction and displacement that it has carried out over the last five years.

The Turkish Incursion in the North and its Dimensions

“What happened recently for the Turkish leadership to decide to send its tanks and soldiers inside Syrian territory and support some of the rebel groups to regain Jarablus from ISIS?”

Why Do the Kurds Insist on Being the Country’s Achilles’ Heel?

Until recently, Damascus saw the Kurds as an ally able to help pressure a wide geographical area that needed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and at the same time would constitute a thorn in the Turkish throat, which was greedy to swallow Syrian geography and people at the same time.

Iran After Russia… and the Lessons of the Turkish Turnaround

The clashes that have erupted in Hassakeh between the Kurdish PYD militia and the forces of Assad’s mafia regime may be one of the swift results of this common approach and a first indication of the new understandings between Turkey and Russia, which Iran may not be far from.

Assad and Syria’s Kurds: A Change in the Rules of Engagement

Following the recent Turkey-Iran-Russia strategic alliance, Assad sought to find a role to play in the Kurdish file, choosing to strike Hassakeh in order to be at the center of the Kurdish issue

Trust, and Lack of Trust in Turkey’s Erdogan

After the explosion of the presidential grandiosity and the collapse of other influential politicians in the ruling party, Turkey is now ruled by an obsession with mobilizing against an enemy which is more imaginary than real

Are the Kurds More Dangerous Than ISIS?

Today, the governments of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria act based on a conviction they are reluctant to proclaim publicly, which is that the Kurds are more dangerous than ISIS

American Tidings: The Syrian War Continues

Russia and the United States have not yet agreed on dividing influence in the Middle East, and they are providing space to the regional countries to dive further into this quagmire

The Issue isn’t ISIS — it’s the Crimes of the Syrian Regime!

It is notable that the international family has intervened against ISIS and its projects in Iraq and Syria, but it has not intervened to protect civilians and prevent war crimes as much as it has intervened to protect its own interests

PYD Abducts Head of Kurdish National Council

PYD fighters were hindering the political activities of the KPD-S in the region, and had closed down the party office in al-Qamishli