Bringing the U.S.-allied Kurdish militia under the umbrella of Syria’s army sends an important message about national cohesion amid heightened concerns over minority rights, which were not assuaged by the “new” Syria’s interim constitution. #syria #kurds #MiddleEast
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The real reason why #Turkey is whipping up hysteria against the #Kurds and threatening #Genocide against them. There is awfully good money involved. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/17/heres-a-look-at-turkiyes-booming-defence-industry?traffic_source=rss
The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach a landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in Damascus, which could stave off further conflict in northern Syria. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/world/politics/us-syrian-kurds-damascus-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #syria #kurds #damascus #middleeast #ahmedsharaa
Government and #Kurds Reach Agreement Over Northeast #Syria
https://eaworldview.com/2025/03/government-and-kurds-reach-agreement-over-northeast-syria/
Government and #Kurds Reach Agreement Over Northeast #Syria
https://eaworldview.com/2025/03/government-and-kurds-reach-agreement-over-northeast-syria/
The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria's new state institutions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/world/politics/syria-president-kurdish-sdf-merge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ahmedsharaa #syria #middleeast #kurds
I'm convinced that the new Syrian regime can't be trusted and I find it alarming that the SDF signed this so quickly. Is there something going on, where we don't know about? Why signed by the SDF and not by the DAANES civic authorities? If I had lived in Rojava, I would be wary about all this. Like what about *democratic confederalisme*? I don't see anything mentioned. What about the *women revolution*? I don't see anything mentioned. Odd things are happening.
North press agency: *Syrian Government and SDF Reach Landmark Agreement on Kurdish Rights and Security*
https://npasyria.com/en/123033
"The Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reached a groundbreaking agreement on Monday, marking a major political shift in the country’s long-standing conflict. The deal, signed in Damascus, recognizes Kurdish rights within the Syrian state, ensures the integration of key institutions, and sets the framework for joint security cooperation.
The agreement, signed between Syrian President Ahmad al-Shar’a and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi, comes amid growing regional tensions and escalating security threats in northeast Syria. It addresses multiple key points, including governance, security, and the return of displaced Syrians. …"
What’s behind #Erdoğan ’s calculated shift on #Kurds and its potential consequences https://theconversation.com/whats-behind-erdogans-calculated-shift-on-kurds-and-its-potential-consequences-246879
In Turkey, the PKK did proclaim,
After forty long years of disdain,
A ceasefire declared,
Hope for peace prepared,
Let's hope it's not done in vain.
█ El PKK anuncia un alto el foc i un possible desarmament si Turquia allibera Öcalan ▓▒░ El moviment kurd reclama la llibertat del seu líder, sentenciat a cadena perpètua a una presó d'Imrali, una illa davant la costa d'Istanbul
https://www.ccma.cat/324/el-pkk-anuncia-un-alto-el-foc-i-un-possible-desarmament-si-turquia-allibera-ocalan/noticia/3338505/?ext=MASTODON_ONLINE
A ceasefire with Turkey's in place,
Ending years of a violent race.
PKK lays down its arms,
No more war's alarms,
May peace now be embraced with grace.
#Kurds #Turkey #PKK #AbdullahÖcalan
"In Turkey, Kurdish rights were so heavily repressed that for decades the state denied the existence of the ethnic group altogether. The Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), a leftwing guerrilla movement, was founded in 1978 demanding that south-east Turkey become an independent Kurdistan.
At least 40,000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in on-and-off fighting that has spilled into other parts of the region.
In the 1990s, the PKK dropped its demand for independence, calling instead for greater autonomy inside Turkey’s borders. Today it is still considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the UK, the EU and the US."
These vassals are, like #Ukraine & the #Kurds, no more to the #USA than fodder, disposable assets to be used & abandoned once no longer viable. #China responds to aggression w/ aggression in kind, hence its military posturing in the #SouthChinaSea.
These vassals are, like #Ukraine & the #Kurds, no more to the #USA than fodder, disposable assets to be used & abandoned once no longer viable. #China responds to aggression w/ aggression in kind, hence its military posturing in the #SouthChinaSea.
I'm of course not the one who decides about what to do, but I don't trust it at all! Why would #Öcalan ask to dissolve the #PKK? (rhetorical question) Why should Öcalan, the DEM Party or any Kurd trust #Erdogan? (also a rhetorical question) The Turkish state is still targeting #Rojava and Iraqi #Kurdistan. #Kurds in (so called) Turkey are still second-class citizens. People who are celebrating this as some peace victory, are naive and should really know their history. I really do hope there is a good strategy behind this. To be continued.
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for #PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up region - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/27/pkk-leader-calls-on-kurdish-militant-group-to-disarm-signalling-start-of-fragile-peace-with-turkey certainly historic, but what will it mean in practice? #kurds
@AutisticMumTo3
In his first term, #DonnieDumbass abandoned the #Kurds (who helped us fight in #Iraq) to be slaughtered by #Assad in #Syria.
In his second term, he appointed an Assad-supporting lackey to be his Director of National Intelligence.
NOW, he is throwing #Ukraine to the wolves and dismissing a 30+ year old obligation to defend them from #Russia.
It's impossible to see how this makes the U.S. any safer. No nation will ever trust us again.
