PYD Conference Reflects Pressures on the Kurdish Project
Syria’s PYD conference made unusual changes to party policy
Syria’s PYD conference made unusual changes to party policy
Russia hoped that its 2015 intervention would turn the tide on its declining influence in the region
The Syrian regime has dealt cautiously with the concept of decentralization since the revolution in 2011
The Syrian regime is changing the way it recruits to its army, depleted by years of war, desertions and the failures of the conscription and reserve models.
The regime’s aversion to civil society has a new address.
The regime revamps its image with party and parliamentary reforms
Sovereign sukuk are another attempt to plug a gaping deficit
A major operation shifts the balance of power in Eastern Syria
Only a handful of MPs remain on the hollowed-out UN body.
IS steps up the economic pressure on its adversaries.
Damascus wants to cut subsidies and control international aid.
Foreign powers dig in for the long term, leaving local forces little room for maneuver.