As Damascus and the SDF inch towards integration, is northeastern Syria heading for unified state institutions, “complementary integration,” or a revival of divided influence?

تسيطر"قسد" على أحياء مدينتي القامشلي والحسكة، بينما يقتصر الانتشار الأمني لحكومة دمشق على المربعين الأمنيين في المدينتين، في ...

Kurds in northeastern Syria are cautiously waiting to see what comes next as Damascus and the SDF take their first steps ...

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A new integration agreement between Damascus and the SDF is underway in northeastern Syria, but major obstacles remain—from diverging interpretations of the deal to the deep influence of the ...

يتباين المزاج الشعبي العام في آخر مناطق نفوذ "قسد"، شمال شرق سوريا، خاصة فيما يخص الشارع الكردي، الذي ما زال يفضّل الترقب الحذر على التعبير العلني عن أي موقف من الاتفاق مع الحكومة السورية ...

رغم انخراط دمشق و"قسد" في تنفيذ بنود الاتفاق الأخير على عكس الاتفاقيات السابقة، إلا أن هناك العديد من العقبات التي قد تحول ...

As Raqqa embarks on a future without the SDF, the northeastern Syrian city faces the delicate work of reintegrating former fighters and repairing social fractures left by years of shifting rule.

Ever since my eyes fell upon photos of my childhood home in Damascus—now reduced to rubble, a silent witness to the Syrian war—I have been haunted by thoughts of what its debris might hide. Nothing ...

DAMASCUS — Shivering in the snow, encircled by government forces and cut off from electricity, internet and stable water access, residents of Kurdish-majority Kobani (Ain al-Arab) say their city is ...

PARIS — A four-day ceasefire agreement between Syria’s government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) remained in effect on Wednesday despite reported violations by both sides. The understanding, ...