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.
“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
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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“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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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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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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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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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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