Washington defeated ISIS but lost Syria by separating counterterrorism from political strategy, enabling Assad’s allies and displacing millions.
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Iraq’s ISIS trials test U.S. leverage as Baghdad balances justice, repatriation, and a legal system scarred by past abuses
Kurdish reversal accelerates as the US abandons SDF and Peshmerga allies, backing Damascus and Baghdad over former partners.
Syrian Kurds need decentralization, not just SDF integration, to protect wartime gains from Damascus’s push to recentralize power.
How the Syrian Democratic Forces’ dissolution ends a decade of U.S. partnership while leaving lessons for Syria’s new government.
SDF Integration faces real tests as Damascus absorbs Kurdish forces and resolves disputes over minority rights amid U.S. oversight.
Ahmed Al-Sharaa must integrate the SDF operationally rather than symbolically to prevent ISIS resurgence and stabilize Syria’s fragile security architecture.
Arab defections and US abandonment fuel Kurdish nationalism, resurrecting “greater Kurdistan” solidarity as SDF retreats to core areas.
Washington is rewarding rebranded extremists while abandoning the SDF, its most reliable partner against ISIS.
Syria’s Kurds are losing their grip as Washington pivots to Damascus, backing Syrian unity over SDF autonomy.