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Sipan Hamo on integrating Kurdish units into the Syrian army

In Part 2 of a two-part interview, the newly appointed deputy defence minister outlines the mistakes made by the SDF and gives his outlook on Syria's future.

Ibrahim Hamidi 28 March 2026
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Syria's deputy defence minister on founding the YPG

In Part 1 of a two-part interview, Sipan Hamo explains how the Kurdish People's Protection Units were born and talks about his jailing and torture in Syrian prison after Russia turned him over

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 March 2026
Turkish military patrols in northern Syria. AFP

Cautious optimism: Syria tiptoes into the future with Turkey’s help

Ankara had a role to play in the fall of the Assad regime, though the full details are yet to emerge. It will have a role in its state-building too, albeit with some big difficulties to overcome first

Omer Onhon 21 December 2024
“Faces of Rojava” Taken by Rudy Tahlo, Qamishli, March 2021.

Anti-racism Initiative by Syrian-Kurdish Artist

Having lasted for more than a decade, the Syrian war has torn the country’s society apart, but individual and group initiatives never ceased to try to overcome the social impact of the bloody…

Jiwan Soz - Qamishli 02 April 2021
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