How are Türkiye’s Anti-PKK Strikes Changing NE Syria?
A campaign against economic assets may force the Kurdish group to reassess how the autonomous region is administered.
A campaign against economic assets may force the Kurdish group to reassess how the autonomous region is administered.
A wave of protests in Idlib has posed delicate challenges for de facto ruling power HTS, which is facing both an internal crisis and a potentially explosive situation on the streets. We examine the consequences for the region.
Moves to overhaul an archaic regulatory system disguise efforts to divert aid.
The patrols were central to a Russian-Turkish deal to tackle the PKK.
Changing intel chiefs is more about retaking control than genuine reform.
Explaining Türkiye’s shift from military strikes to intel-backed targeted killings.
Russia is pushing for new talks away from Geneva, further depleting their relevance.
: Tehran challenges the status quo by pressuring Turkish and US forces.
Damascus resorts to using aid as a weapon in the southwestern province.
: Developments both inside Syria and in the region have prompted a revival of the Kazakh-hosted talks.
Intensified strikes by pro-regime forces in the northwestern province threaten to erode the ceasefire there, but are unlikely to lead to its immediate collapse.
A string of deadly Islamic State group attacks against Syrian regime and Iranian-backed forces could be a prelude to a broader jihadist push to seize control of eastern Syria’s desert.
