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Rena Netjes

Rena Netjes is an Arabist who focuses on governance and security issues in northern Syria. Netjes used to be a correspondent in Egypt and Libya. Her writings and bylines have appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, De Telegraaf and Atlantic Council.

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Iran and the YPG team up in northwestern Syria

by Rena Netjes
31 August 2022

“Iran mobilizes and uses local Iranian-backed militias a lot in this pocket, from Tadef to Nubl and Zahraa,” says Navvar Saban, an Iran and Syria expert from the Omran Center in Istanbul. “They used to be stuck in Nubl and Zahraa. During the battle of Afrin, several images showed these local militias taking part against the Syrian National Army and the Turks. But now there is a pocket between Nubl

OPINION

The SDF, the PKK, and the Syrian regime

The head of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, said on Sunday that his forces were “open” to working with Syrian government troops to fight off Turkey, saying “Damascus should use its air defense systems against Turkish planes,” Reuters’ Maya Gebeily reported on June 5. “Mazloum Abdi’s return to the regime for assistance demonstrated that the SDF is not part of the Syrian revolution,” Radwan Ziyade of the

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by Rena Netjes
15 June 2022
OPINION

Russian invasion of Ukraine may also have major consequences for millions of Syrians

The horrific images of Russia’s devastating war flood our screens.

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by Rena Netjes
1 April 2022
OPINION

PYD/YPG lobby in Europe and the Netherlands

The PKK-affiliated Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been

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by Rena Netjes
15 February 2022
OPINION

Iran and the YPG team up in northwestern Syria

by Rena Netjes
31 August 2022

“Iran mobilizes and uses local Iranian-backed militias a lot in this pocket, from Tadef to Nubl and Zahraa,” says Navvar Saban, an Iran and Syria expert from the Omran Center in Istanbul.

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OPINION

The SDF, the PKK, and the Syrian regime

by Rena Netjes
15 June 2022

The head of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, said on Sunday that his forces were “open” to working with Syrian government troops to fight off Turkey, saying “Damascus should

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OPINION

Russian invasion of Ukraine may also have major consequences for millions of Syrians

by Rena Netjes
1 April 2022

The horrific images of Russia’s devastating war flood our screens. Meanwhile, the Russian propaganda machine is running at full speed, though this time less successfully in the West compared to its war

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OPINION

PYD/YPG lobby in Europe and the Netherlands

by Rena Netjes
15 February 2022

The PKK-affiliated Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been seeking worldwide political recognition and has opened several offices in the US, EU, and Russia. On February 8, 2015, French President François

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OPINION

Return of the Kurds to Afrin: Personal observations from the region

by Rena Netjes
13 November 2021

In Afrin, the situation is not as bad as often described in the West. Syrian Kurds who fled the Olive Branch Operation in 2018, are returning to Afrin. So do Syrian Kurds

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