Syrian Army Remembers Aleppo's Kurdish Areas Exist
The Syrian army just 'discovered' Kurdish-controlled areas in Aleppo, declaring them a 'closed military zone' before shelling them, sending civilians packing. This isn't just about recapturing land; it's a grim echo for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who, only a few years ago, were securing these very territories with U.S. backing against ISIS. Now, with US focus elsewhere, Assad's regime,
backed by Russia, seems keen to reclaim areas that were largely ignored when ISIS posed a global threat. The international community, which lauded the SDF as indispensable allies against extremism, now offers little more than boilerplate concern as Syrian forces move to reassert control over a region where Kurdish aspirations for self-governance were painstakingly built. Funny how indispensable
allies become inconvenient populations once the immediate enemy is... re-prioritized. Some might call it a predictable consequence of transient geopolitical alliances; others might simply call it abandonment.