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. 

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.