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Bending the Knee to Damascus

This week, we look that the recent clashes between the Syrian state and the SDF, and the deal done to integrate the SDF into the Syrian army.

Hugo Goodridge
11 February, 2026
Unveiling Of Syria's New Visual Identity Held At Presidential Palace
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria, Kurdish officials meet after Paris talks canned

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 August, 2025
Mazloum Abdi (C), commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Hamid Darbandi (R), envoy of Iraqi Kurdish politician Masoud Barzani (leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party), attend the pan-Kurdish "Unity and Consensus" conference in Qamishli in northeastern Syria on April 26, 2025.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Kurdish delegation heads to Damascus for talks: Kurdish source

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 May, 2025
This picture taken on July 24, 2021 shows a view of the generators at the 1999 Tishrin (October) Dam along the Euphrates river near Manbij in eastern Syria.
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MENA
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Syrian forces deploy at key dam under deal with Kurds: media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 April, 2025
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Syria
MENA
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Syria Kurds say aim to empty northeast camps of Syrians, Iraqis

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 February, 2025
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Interviews
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Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed: From refugee to the First Lady of Iraq

Tanya Goudsouzian

Tanya Goudsouzian

17 April, 2024
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Syria
In-depth
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Domestic and foreign threats on the rise for Syria's Kurds

Chris Hamill-Stewart
02 April, 2024
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Turkey
MENA
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100 French MPs slam Erdogan's 'policy of war' against Syrian Kurds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 July, 2022
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Syria's Kurds repatriate nearly 150 IS-linked Tajiki women, children

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 July, 2022
Syria
MENA
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Damascus and Kurdish authorities compete for wheat

William Christou
24 May, 2022
Al-Hol Syria camp [DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty]
al-Hol camp
MENA
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Eight murders in a month in Syria camp: Kurds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 July, 2021
Kurdish autonomous region
In-depth
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Washington 'puts pressure on Syrian Kurds' to unite

The New Arab Staff
18 June, 2021
Kurdish flags -- AFP
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MENA
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Iraqi Kurd parliament postpones elections for 8 months

The New Arab & agencies
24 October, 2017
the citadel in Arbil -- AFP
Kurdish autonomous region
MENA
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Iraq's Kurdish region postpones elections

The New Arab & agencies
19 October, 2017