Last month, U.S. Special Envoy to James Jeffrey appeared before the House Foreign Relations committee to discuss the future of U.S. strategy in Syria. During the hearing, several members of the Committee brought up a crucial issue: the status and safety of Northeast Syria’s Kurds, who have formed the backbone
Download this factsheet here. In January 2018, the Turkish Armed Forces and several Syrian rebel militias launched an attack on the peaceful Northwestern Syrian region of Afrin. Afrin, home to Syria’s oldest Kurdish community along with significant Yezidi, Alevi, and Christian minorities, had been nearly untouched by eight years of
After ISIS? North Syria at a Crossroads The territorial defeat of the Islamic State in Syria by the global coalition led by the United States and the Syrian Democratic Forces heralds a new era in American and Syrian relations. What are the implications of a drawdown of U.S. forces in
