Iran has a centuries-long history of separatist movements, often backed by foreign powers, including Portugal, Great Britain, and Russia. Many separatist movements took on an ethnic character, with various minorities—Kurds…
The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Kobane (a.k.a. Mazlum Abdi) has been waging a successful campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for…
On August 31, the Russian Foreign Ministry hosted two delegations from Syria. One was the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), a political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and…