Assad’s demise has been widely celebrated – but it spells an uncertain future for Syria’s Kurds | Zeynep Kaya

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✍️ The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria is a significant blow to the country's Kurds, who had established an autonomous region in the north. The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been a key player in the region, but its position is now precarious.
👉 The PYD declared an autonomous region called Rojava in 2012
👉 The region has been a thorn in the side of Turkey, which sees the PYD as linked to the PKK
👉 The US has provided military support to the PYD
👉 Turkey has opposed the PYD and launched military operations in the region
👉 The PYD has maintained an efficient administration in the region

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The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham regime, which has friendly relations with Turkey, is unlikely to tolerate Kurdish autonomyThe fall of Bashar al-Assad after the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) takeover in Syria is bad news for the country’s Kurds. It is worth charting how things got here from the start of the war in Syria in 2012. During the conflict, the Democratic Union party (PYD) emerged as the biggest and most influential Kurdish political actor in Syria, taking territorial control in the north and maintaining an autonomous administration, albeit a fragile one.The PYD’s position is even more precarious after the HTS takeover. Turkey, emerging as the most influential foreign actor in Syria, is laser-focused on limiting any Kurdish push for autonomy domestically and regionally. Another challenge the PYD faces is that the HTS-led regime is very unlikely to tolerate existing Kurdish autonomy in Syria.Dr Zeynep Kaya is a lecturer in international relations at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/23/assad-syria-kurds-future-hayat-tahrir-al-sham