With the military balance shifting and regional dynamics realigning, Syria’s Kurds face a rare opening: shift decisively from armed militias to political engagement and pluralism within a constitutional framework. They should seize the opportunity or risk further reversals.
The discipline demonstrated during the execution of recent military operations represents a strategic opportunity to redefine the relationship between the army and society on the basis of law rather than fear. It must be sustained and carried forward, evolving into an institutional culture
With sanctions lifted and trade routes reopening, Aleppo can once again become Syria’s industrial and business hub. But the promise of recovery remains fragile so long as the city is governed by a volatile security situation that tolerates armed enclaves beyond state control
Syria’s new government faces growing attacks not for what it does, but for who it is: a Sunni-majority leadership.
Summary Introduction The Military Intelligence Division formed a cornerstone in the machinery of repression and subjugation…
Summary The liberation of Sednaya Military Prison marks more than just the end of a notorious…
The Syrian landscape after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime faces a web of complex and…
Introduction Following the fall of the Assad regime, a critical opportunity has emerged to conduct thorough…
Muhsen al-Mustafa is a research assistant at the Omran Center for Strategic Studies. He previously served…
