The race for Raqqa is now increasingly a two-horse race between US backed Kurdish forces and the Syrian Arab Army which relies on support from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
The coming conflict between the Kurds and Turkey is widely discussed in this video Q and A.
Far from being the “democratic-leftist freedom fighters” that most Western audiences have been misled into believing that they are, the Syrian Kurds are a unipolar geopolitical proxy designed to carry out the post-war partition of the Arab Republic.
Those who said that Kurdish forces did not mean Syria harm have been proved manifestly incorrect.
America has stopped attacking Syrian forces near the Jordanian border and has held back its jihadists. Many are suspecting that a deal has been reached with Russia.
A symbolic victory for a nation raised on symbolism.
Russia has explained the strategic goals behind its recent missile attack on ISIS forces.
There is a real chance that America has lost control over its Kurdish proxies and its Turkish allies.
The Kurdish PYD claims that safe-zones are a path towards partition of Syria. But isn’t that what Kurds want?
The extraordinary statement has yet to be met with a US response.
Neo-Ottoman war abroad and mass purges at home have defined Erdogan’s post-referendum period of victory.
Many have relocated to Deir ez-Zor Governorate where tense fighting continues.
Erdogan ramps up his proxy war in Northern Syria.
Operations Euphrates Shield hasn’t actually ended, it’s simply about to change names.
Does the statement from Turkey mean that Erdogan’s forces will quit Syria?
Syria did not win the war just to lose the peace
Speaking from Lattakia, Afraa Dagher discusses topical issues and long term goals for her native Syria
Backing non-state actors in Syria creates a tangled web of alliances, especially concerning the Kurds and their conflict with Iran
Turkey is increasingly uniting Syria, Kurdish forces, America and Russia against its imperial ambitions