In early January, Kabawat rushed to the northern city of Aleppo to visit shelters harbouring thousands of people after fighting flared between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic ...

Any suggestion she is a token woman in his ranks meets a firm rebuke. "I am not here for window dressing," she declares. "I don't feel that I am a Christian or a woman when I do my job. I feel like I ...

Saeed added he believed that the SDF had agreed to the ceasefire to wait out the instability until there is a new constitution. Through agreeing to integrate, the Kurdish forces can remain armed while ...

Beirut is seeking to build a relationship on equal footing with the new authorities in Damascus, but progress has remained slow. The weight of history, particularly Syria's tutelage over Lebanon from ...

Previous arrangements between the Syrian government and the SDF largely centered on temporary ceasefires, the management of contact lines, or narrowly defined security coordination. None evolved into ...