This Week in Northern Syria

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New/old faces in the Jazirah
Key figures in the eastern administrations and SDF integration process
This Week in Northern Syria [6.2026]
February 4 - 10: Completion of initial Gov't/SDF integration steps, 4500 IS detainees moved to Iraq, Syria attends Coalition meeting, and more...
Raqqah Dispatch
Notes and photographs from a recent trip to the city
This Week in Northern Syria [5.2026]
January 28 - February 3: New 'final' Gov't/SDF agreement reached, Internal Security forces enter al-Hasakah, al-Qamishli, and rural Kobani, SDF…
Appearance on the Kültürkampf podcast
Friends of the newsletter Selim Koru and Nick Danforth had me on their regular podcast to discuss recent developments in Syria.
This Week in Northern Syria [4.2026]
January 21 - 27: Ceasefire extended for another fifteen days, though clashes continue on multiple fronts.
This Week in Northern Syria [3.2026]
January 14 - 20: Mass defection of Arabs from SDF ranks results in rapid advance of pro-government forces across eastern Syria
January 20 update
Military developments since mid-day January 18
On the current military developments
Gov't takes all of west bank al-Raqqah, enters Deir ez-Zour following SDF withdrawal
This Week in Northern Syria
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