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SDC cannot release ISIS militants without trial

By: Dr. Hawzhin Azeez

“Simply freeing the militants …is inhumane, and legally and morally irresponsible.”Continue Reading

US Defense Spending Bill Could Authorize Funds for ISIS Detainees

By: Managing Editor

The Senate’s version of the NDAA includes funding authority to address ISIS detainees.Continue Reading

Displacement in Turkish-occupied areas higher than SDF-held areas

By: Tom Freebairn

Turkish occupation, as well as occupation by the opposition, has led to significantly more displacement than control by AANES.Continue Reading

Policy Snapshot

By: Managing Editor

Latest US-Syria policy news impacting North and East SyriaContinue Reading

Independence Day Remarks

By: Syrian Democratic Times

SDC acknowledges “our mutual commitment to peace, equality, liberty, and justice, and a world free from terror.”Continue Reading

Ideas Do Not Die By Bullets

By: Sinam Mohamad

Our international attention has turned away from ISIS as a threat. But this is premature.Continue Reading

Burnt Farm Fields Are Economic Terrorism

By: Managing Editor

So far, seven people have lost their lives battling these fires.Continue Reading

What’s After the Military Defeat of ISIS

By: Bassam Ishak

We need a counter ideology and a counter moral vision.Continue Reading

Policy Snapshot

By: Managing Editor

AANES continues to get the short shrift by its allies in the US.Continue Reading

SDF Launches Counterterrorism Operation in Response to Deadly Raqqa Attack
On December 28, 2022, 1,000 members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (NES), in coordination with the International Coalition to Defeat ISIS, launched a major operation to target ISIS cells in the Tel Hamis, Tel Barak, and Al-Hol regions of NES. The
High-Level Delegation Led By PUK Leader and Head of CJTFOIR Visits North and East Syria
In a first for the region, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Autonomous Administration (AANES), and Democratic Union Party (PYD) received a high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Bafel Talabani, the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party, Commander of Combined Joint Task Forces – Operation Inherent Resolve
2023 Repatriations Begin as Spain and Barbados Repatriate Citizens
The State Department praised Spain’s efforts to repatriate its citizens from North and East Syria, as the state became the first to repatriate individuals affiliated with ISIS in 2023, bringing two women and 13 children home. Days later, Barbados repatriated a female ISIS member and two children from the camp
Study Finds European Components Used in Drone Attacks in North and East Syria
Conflict Armament Research (CAR), an organization dedicated to tracking the origins of weapons and weapon components used in war, has found evidence of European Union-manufactured components being used in missiles fired by Turkish drones in North and East Syria. The organization stated that after analyzing the remnants of 17 air-to-surface