The past few days witnessed some intense fighting between the Syrian army and the U.S.-backed SDF, beginning with areas occupied by the terrorist group in several neighborhoods of Aleppo and later moving to other areas. The clashes were the inevitable result of the SDF dragging its feet to abide by the March 10 deal, which sought for the group to integrate into the Syrian state, and violating the terms of the deal repeatedly. The clashes have so far led to rapid shifts in northeast Syria’s SDF-imposed status quo. Indeed, these swift changes will have implications for Syrians, the region, and also Türkiye in political, economic and security realms.
For the Syrians, seeking to rebuild the fragmented country after more than a decade of war, this shift is a significant step in reestablishing the state as a unified entity and authority. Since the beginning of the war, the YPG, which is the PKK terrorist group’s Syria affiliate and, in practical terms, another acronym for the SDF, had so
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