What Can Pashinyan Learn From The Bitter Experience Of The Kurds In Syria
For well over a decade, in the midst of the chaos and carnage that has engulfed Syria since 2011, the Kurds of Syria partnered with The US to defeat ISIS, and stem the tide of Islamic radicalism that was mostly fueled by Saudi Arabia’s financial support and massive weapon transfers from Turkey. Thousands of Kurdish fighters and civilians were killed by the time ISIS was vanquished in the midst of the Syrian civil war, and North Eastern Syria fell under Kurdish control with US military support. To satisfy Turkish demands revolving around the narrative of establishing a strong central government in Damascus, America stabbed the Kurds in the back about two weeks ago, and gave the Kurdish leadership two choices; a) Obey the orders of Damascus and Turkey and disarm, and in return you will get cultural autonomy in areas inhabited predominantly by the Kurds. b) Fight the newly formed Syrian Army, closely supervised by hundreds of Turkish officers, and inevitably perish in a...