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Two Syrian Soldiers, One SDF Fighter Killed as Eastern Aleppo Military Tensions Mount

by Jason Ditz | Sep 25, 2025

Military tensions between Syria and the Kurdish SDF continue to grow in the eastern part of the Aleppo Governorate. Both sides have reported deaths as a result of attacks by the other side in the past 48 hours. On Wednesday, the SDF reported that one of their fighters...

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Syrian Army, SDF Trade Blame as Seven Civilians Killed in Strikes

by Jason Ditz | Sep 21, 2025

The village of Umm Tineh in eastern Aleppo Governorate was attacked overnight, with at least seven civilians killed and four others wounded, according to media reports. Who actually did it though is a matter of substantial disagreement. The village was hit in a drone...

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Turkish Defense Ministry: We Will Only Withdraw From Syria If Borders Are Secured

by Jason Ditz | Sep 18, 2025

Turkish Defense Ministry has issued a statement on Thursday saying that the country will only consider pulling its military out of Syria if the border is completely secured and if they are satisfied that the “terrorism” threat is fully resolved. Ministry spokesman...

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Thousands Rally for Decentralization in Syrian Kurdistan

by Jason Ditz | Sep 17, 2025

In cities and towns across Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria, thousands took to the streets in favor of the idea of retaining a decentralized system of governance in Syria, rejecting the calls of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) for full centralized control of...

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Kurdish SDF Says Government-Backed Forces Attacked Them in Syria’s Deir Ezzor

by Jason Ditz | Sep 14, 2025

Tensions between the Syrian government and the Kurdish SDF continue to stall efforts to unify their military forces as for the second time this week there was reportedly a clash between the two sides, this time in Deir Ezzor Governorate. The SDF reported that on...

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Turkish DM: Failure of Syrian Kurds to Disarm a Threat to Turkey’s Security

by Jason Ditz | Sep 7, 2025

A full-scale Syrian invasion of the Kurdish northeast continues to loom, and now Turkey is chiming in once again, with a Defense Ministry spokesman threatening to move against the Kurdish SDF if they don’t follow through on a March agreement to integrate within the...

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Syrian Government Postpones Elections in ‘Unsafe’ Kurdish, Druze Regions

by Jason Ditz | Aug 24, 2025

Syria’s parliament is shaping up to be a lot less “unified” than initially advertised, with the ruling government announcing they’re going to postpone elections for the People’s Assembly in three governorates where groups likely to oppose the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham...

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Syria’s HTS Government Preps 50,000 Troops for a Large Anti-Kurd Offensive in Northeast

by Jason Ditz | Aug 17, 2025

The Islamist Syrian government is trying to give the impression they support peaceful unity in Syria, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa saying he believed Syria should be unified by some sort of understanding instead of by military force, because the Syrian people are...

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Turkey FM Warns He Won’t Tolerate Syrian Kurds Becoming Israeli Pawns

by Jason Ditz | Aug 13, 2025

Syria’s Foreign Minister was in Ankara today meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, and Fidan took the opportunity, as Turkish officials so often do, to rail about the Kurds threatening regional stability. This time, the warnings were directed at the...

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Syria Spurns Kurdish Integration Talks in Paris as Tensions Mount

by Jason Ditz | Aug 10, 2025

Over the weekend, the Kurdish SDF held a unity conference in Paris meant to discuss, among other things, how integration with the Islamist Syrian government will actually work. The unity conference was condemned by the government, which refused to take part, claiming...

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