Between an interim Syrian president who is hedging his bets on regional alliances and an Israeli prime minister committed to preventing the emergence of an independent nation-state, Syrians today find themselves caught at the heart of a complex regional equation, despite the current wave of regional and international openness toward the new government in Damascus.
As Bashar al-Assad was defecting to Moscow heralding the end of Assad family’s 55 years of rule, Syria’s Kurds were harboring lofty ambitions. All the cards seemed to come together seamlessly for the Kurds to birth their long-aspired independent state or an autonomous region like the Iraqi Kurdistan at bare minimum.
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