Although it was driven away from Aleppo after days of clashes, the YPG, the U.S.-backed Syria wing of the PKK terrorist group, remains a risk to the unity of post-Assad Syria.
In addition to occupying one-third of Syrian territories, the YPG controls areas rich in energy resources and water. Experts say that the YPG weaponized its control of water resources during the Aleppo clashes last week by cutting off water from the Euphrates River.
The terrorist group has a self-styled autonomous region in Syriaβs northeast or east of the Euphrates River and retains control over the countryβs largest energy reserves, fertile lands and dams. The Tishreen Dam east of Aleppo, Tabka and Baath, or Freedom, dams in the west of Raqqa are under the control of terrorists. Control of water resources is an advantage for the group seeking to impose its demands for decentralization and retaining its so-called a
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