Rojava kurdistan
Syria’s Kurds confront defeat after decades of resistance - opinion
Abandoned by allies and pressured by Turkey, Syria’s Kurds were forced to surrender autonomy to Damascus.
Kurdish forces: A crucial piece in Iran’s democratic future - opinion
Kurdish militias face high-stakes gamble in potential US alliance against Tehran - interview
Rojava failed, but Kurdish pragmatism may succeed where utopia did not - opinion
Syrian Democratic Forces arrest five ISIS cell members in Raqqa raid
The raid was supported by the US-led coalition against ISIS, who provided air cover and intelligence, leading to the arrest of the terror cell which had planned attacks in northeast Syria.
Turkey’s old trick: Keeping Kurds off the new Mideast map - opinion
Strengthening ties between the Kurds and Israel could counterbalance Turkish and Iranian ambitions, promote regional stability, and redefine power dynamics in the Middle East.
What will Turkey do with Syria's Kurdish population? - opinion
Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey’s domestic political scene, he may yet see an autonomous Kurdish region recognized within a new Syrian constitution.
Syrian rebels enter northern city of Manbij, Turkish source says
Manbij city is some 30 km (19 miles) south of the Turkish border and to the west of the Euphrates River.
The Kurds are serving as the world’s jailers - opinion
It suits the world to leave the Kurds running the camps and acting as prison guards.
Behind the Lines: Rojava sundown - a retrospective
Islamic State, that most malignant expression of the Sunni Islamist trend, was the natural enemy of this emergent Kurdish autonomy.
IDF vets organize pro-Kurdish protest in Tel Aviv
A YPG representative is expected to participate in the protest.
Two senators reach across the aisle to tackle the Syria nightmare
The pushback Trump got from Democrats and Republicans alike in the wake of his abandonment of the Kurds would be tenfold were he to throw Israel to the wolves.
Turkey’s Syria gambit show U.S. responds to threats and strength
Ankara deployed military forces and boasted that it would soon launch a military attack.
Iraq’s Kurdish region alarmed by U.S. withdrawal
Discussions to try and soften Ankara’s stance, dilute PKK role in eastern Syria came to naught.