Saturday, May 11, 2019


SYRIA YPJ YPG KURDISH SDF BACKGROUNDERS IDLIB 

SYRIAN KURDS AS AU.S. ALLY
 Cooperation & Complication
CONTENTS 
Acronyms |
 IV 
Preface | Patrick Clawson 
V Making Rojava More like the KRG | David Pollock
 1 U.S. Ties with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds | Soner Cagaptay 12 
The Syrian Opposition and the PYD | Andrew J. Tabler 20
 Arabs in the PYD-Controlled Area | Fabrice Balanche 29 
Iraqi Kurds and Syrian Kurds | Bilal Wahab 39 
Russia, Syrian Kurds, and the Assad Regime | Anna Borshchevskaya 46 
U.S. Policy and the PYD | Patrick Clawson 52
  

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - Institute for the Study of War

Nov 22, 2016 - and PYD are affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a ... approximately 25,000 fighters across northern Syria.2 ... The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is the U.S.'s most effective partner fighting .... 2017, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/. PolicyFocus150_Clawson.pdf.
Jun 24, 2017 - ethnic minority, formulating around 2 million people or 8% of Syrian .... considers, ―The Syrian Kurds, the much-praised ally of the US and the ...... ―The reason for Washington'smove to support the Kurdish ..... http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/ ... 2.pdf (Accessed 23/06/17).

Nov 30, 2016 - www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubsPolicyFocus150_Clawson.pdf. 3 Roy Gutman, “New allies in northern Syria don't seem ...
Middle East Research Institute 1186 Dream City Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq T: +964 .... 2 The PKK-linked Armed Structures in Syria and Shingal District .
Turkey's actions shaped a new kind of relationship between militants and ... Article 2, Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 23, Spring 2018, Page 49-86 XML ... Syrian Kurds as a U.S. Ally: Cooperation and Complications, Policy Focus 150, the ... .washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus150_Clawson.pdf.


Feb 20, 2019 - The Kurdish YPG are one of the many factions that will have to be accommodated in ... general locations: the Kurdish-dominated north and northeast, Idlib province ... The presence of US forces ensured the SDF's protection.


Sep 21, 2018 - While some claim that an end to the conflict in Idlib marks the final stage of the ..... Soldiers from Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's .... (SDF) led by the People's Protection Units (YPG), the Kurdish armed ...


Feb 28, 2019 - Divergences over the fate of Idlib became clear at a 14 February ... Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes the Kurdish YPG militia, and the ...


Dec 24, 2018 - Only Idlib and the territories east of the Euphrates river remain out of the ... The Kurdish YPG is the backbone of the SDF and is linked to the 


Nov 16, 2015 - The inclusion of YPG-aligned brigades such as the Kurdish Front and the .... When the SDF announced its formation in Idlib and Aleppo ...




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