Recent Commentary

• The US withdrawal from Syria, the Kurdish perspective

  
  Diliman Abdulkader

  4 Feb 2019

  American administrations are known to betray the Kurds, this is no secret. The Kurds are often viewed as secondary and sometimes third actors. The...   Read More

• Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

  
  Dr Zenonas Tziarras

  16 Jan 2019

  In one of his notorious tweets, American president Donald Trump on 19 January 2019 wrote: Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting...   Read More

• Trump’s trust buster

  
  Bill Park

  15 Jan 2019

  Following repeated Turkish threats to attack the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) stronghold in northeast Syria, on 19 December US President Trump announced the...   Read More