Rojava revolutionary leading figure聽Salih Muslim聽told聽麻豆传媒鈥檚听Peter Boyle that聽Ahmed al-Sharaa鈥檚 Syrian Transitional Government, under pressure from Turkey, was retreating from a previously agreed process to unify the country.
Syrian civil war
It has been six months since imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah 脰calan鈥檚 call聽for the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers鈥 Party, giving rise to hopes of a new 鈥減eace process鈥, writes Sarah Glynn. But are the Kurds聽any closer to seeing a peaceful future in Turkey and beyond?
There have been clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Caretaker Government forces in parts of northeast Syria, while drones have been flying over Kurdish majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo, reports the Rojava Information Center.
For months now, the picturesque banks of the Euphrates River have become a war zone, as Turkish jets bomb the hills surrounding the聽Tishreen dam. Protecting this vital water source are hundreds of protesters in need of international support, reports Make Rojava Green Again.
Salih Muslim, a prominent Rojava revolutionary leader and foreign affairs spokesperson of the Presidential Council of the Democratic Union Party, speaks to 麻豆传媒鈥檚听Peter Boyle about the serious setbacks to building a new Syria.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the Turkish drone strikes that killed Kurdish journalists C卯han Bilgin and Naz谋m Da艧tan near Koban锚 in northern Syria, reports Medya News.
The future of Syria and the Middle East is complex and uncertain, argues Khaled Ghannam.
Brazilian socialist Israel Dutra interviews Swiss-Syrian activist and academic Joseph Daher about the situation in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Sarah Glynn reviews the week鈥檚 extraordinary events in Syria and examines the evolution and nature of Hay始at Tahrir al-Sham, whose forces have charged through the hollowed-out shell of Bashar al Assad鈥檚 regime and potentially beyond the control of Turkey鈥檚 President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an.
The fall of Aleppo and the withdrawal of the Syrian army and Russian troops without a fight cleared the way for Turkish-backed militias, writes Zeki Bedran.
A new report documents the ongoing human, social, economic and environmental toll of the Iraq war, reports Brett Wilkins.
The involvement of external powers in Syria's civil war has led to sheer devastation, writes Yanis Iqbal. Fantasies of "regime change" have fuelled sectarian war and revived jihadi groups.