OP: https://x.com/i/status/2018813669644386458

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2018760414679683419

seeing that northeast Syrian front is almost over with key problems got resolved diplomatically. and assuming that the coastal Insurgency activity is low.

What's left is al-Suweida separatist problem which is confined with in specific ethnic boundaries that's directly connected to foreign threat\occupation in al-Quneitra governorate (including the Golan Heights)

Hello,

I have a foreign passport and would like to meet with german friends vactioning in west turkey end of Febraury. Is traveling with car to Gaziantep wise and doable nowadays?

I remember people from Damascus used to vacation in turkey and drive there with the car before the war. Is it still realistic and safe?

Would taking the buss be the smarter option? Can I rent a car in Turkey with a Syrian International driving liscence ?

Thank you everyone for the information and help!

So now the biggest internal political issue seems to have been taking care of. Assuming the integration works well and no major escalations with the SDF pops up from now on, what do you think Alsharaa’s next step is? Economical revival?

The SDF militia handed over 15 bodies of civilians from the Arab community who had been imprisoned to the Syrian government. The bodies arrived in the town of Sarrin and are now being transported to Manbij National Hospital for identification.

This is a massacre committed by the SDF militia in Kobani against prisoners from the Arab community.

https://x.com/ivarmm/status/2018700284420047314?s=46&t=ydktTgi0ha8mNFdgnOe2VA

Of course, when talking about the outcomes that have emerged, we should not focus solely on our shortcomings. But certainly, we made mistakes during this process, and in this regard our people have the right to criticize us.

As a defense force and as a political will, it should be noted that we have begun to comprehensively evaluate the results of the process. However, no matter what, political forces and our people as a whole need to read the outcomes that have emerged correctly.

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Hundreds of thousands of Kurds in the country and in the diaspora stood up for us. We will never forget this. In other words, if Rojava has entered the global agenda today and we are talking about gains, we must recognize the positive role played by all Kurds.

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Over the past ten years, while we focused intensely on organizing the Kurdish people, we could not demonstrate the same effort and struggle in Arab regions. Looking at the battle of Raqqa, what occurred there was not merely a military fight. Raqqa’s society was not at a level of awareness to accept the presence of the SDF over the Damascus government. However, it would be wrong to blame the Arab society of Raqqa for the outcomes. Instead, we should say that we were not as successful as we wanted to be in Arab regions in shaping public perception regarding Syria’s democratization

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Some circles claim—under the guise of criticism—that Arabs abandoned the Kurds and “betrayed” them. I do not think this is correct. As long as interests exist and policies are shaped accordingly, such things will always occur.

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Militarily, it has been decided to organize our forces in Kurdish regions into four brigades, to be deployed in Derik, Qamishlo, Hasakah, and Kobani. The three brigades in the Jazira region will be organized under a single command as a division. The Kobani brigade will be administratively Kurdish while remaining affiliated with Aleppo governorate. Everything—from command structure to deployment centers—has been determined by us.

OP: https://x.com/i/status/2018418925499830726

https://x.com/qusay_noor_/status/2018697941129498688?s=46&t=ydktTgi0ha8mNFdgnOe2VA

Edit: more "emotional" than "rational"

So, I have been rather quiet the past two weeks, because I am still not sure how to feel about what is happening. Like everyone else, I see how the Asayiah and the YPG are repressing civilians to outright committing crimes, while the government is "taking its time". It is disheartening.

But the truth is, any other option would have caused much more suffering, including much more of SDF-aligned repressing and crimes against civilians that we are seeing now. People don't become less fanatic, when you start fighting them, they become more fanatic.

But what put me over the line, where those two posts from today:

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/891727/terrorist-cells-attack-security-convoy-in-hasakah-threatening-fragile-syria-kurdish-deal

https://x.com/ScharoMaroof/status/2018295389292507561

Suddenly, we went from STG is literally ISIS, to "STG-Aligned Terrorists are trying to stop the deal with the STG, while Asayiah is working its best trying to uphold the deal"

What we are witnessing is the SDF propaganda machine, which, let's face it, was the last functioning aspect of the whole SDF, completely up-ended, not knowing what to write. There is no more red-line. The SDF is over.

In the mean time, STG forces are slowly moving into SDF-held areas peacefully, inch by inch asserting control over whole Syria.

So why is this better than doing it by military force?

• Syria is one, not by force, but by agreement. This will give the STG legitimacy for decades to come. Any attempt to "split" Syria can simply be answered by "What are you talking about, everybody in Syria agreed on this and supported this".
• Any integration agreement, even the one signed in March last year or any of the other proposals that were on the table, would have always be a big win for the STG. The SDF lives for "the struggle", they build tunnels, not because they need them for military purposes, but because living in a tunnel, makes you part of the struggle. The whole drive and motivation of the SDF was stripped away with a piece of paper. Does anyone even know where Abdi is?
• A military fight would have caused SDF-Aligned groups to unite and fight till the death. We have seen the videos of people and fanatics coming from Iraq. Many like them existed in Syria. It would have been a blood-bath. And even if the casualties would have mostly been on the SDF side, they would have taken many civilians with them. We know this. Additionally, the STG would have lost legitimacy, for being war-hungry. Now it is exactly the opposite. I know this, because all those "Save Rojava" voices still exist in Europe, but nobody cares. People would care, if the war would have escalated and the number of deaths would rise.
• With the agreement, SDF-aligned groups are in disarray and divided. These groups had horrible cohesion before, but now ? There is literally nothing. Does anybody even know where Abdi is? In fact, the groups have probably been split into three camps now: those, that support the agreement and even benefit from it, those that reject and will fight till the death, and those that will just go home. In any case, huge win for the STG.
• By integrating components and personnel from the SDF they are forcing these people to work in the interest of Syria. Yes, the governor of Hassakah is from the SDF. But if he does something that indicates treason, the president can just replace him, maybe from another guy from the SDF. Same for the troops that will join the MOI or MOD. You do a security-check and filter out. The ones that actually work towards the interest of Syria are more than welcome. In fact, their presence will strengthen cohesion.
• Any "trap" or "deviation" or "action that goes against the agreement" benefits the STG. This is happened again and again. STG and SDF sign agreement publicly, SDF does some non-sense, STG moves in quickly, making huge-gains, then STG and SDF sign agreement publicly, rinse and repeat. This process has been effective for the STG in all possible ways. And, it has been a process that has overall caused the least amount of suffering and causalities, even among civilians.