Relations among Syrian Kurdish parties hit new low - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Feb 7, 2014

Members of the interim government of democratic self-administered party stand after declaring a provincial government, in the city of Amuda near Hasaka January 21, 2014. Kurds in Syria declared a provincial government in the north of the country on Tuesday, consolidating their geographic and political presence on the eve of peace talks in Switzerland at which they will not be represented. The municipal council will run affairs in one of three administrative districts set up by Kurds, who have seized upon t — Members of a self-administered party declare a provincial government in Amuda, Jan. 21, 2014. Kurds in Syria declared a provincial government in the north of the country, consolidating their geographic and political presence. — REUTERS/Rodi Said

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Iraqi Kurdish supporters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) hold flags bearing portraits of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan during a demonstration in Arbil on April 12, 2014 against the decision by Kurdish authorities to dig a trench along the border with neighboring Syria. The Kurdish autonomous region has backed Kurds in Syria against the extremists and has taken in some 200,000 refugees from the bloody conflict. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Rival Kurdish parties battle for power in Syria

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Syrian Kurds not united behind opposition delegation to Geneva talks

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

People sit in the back of a truck as they celebrate what they said was the liberation of villages from Islamist rebels near the city of Ras al-Ain in the province of Hasakah, after capturing it from Islamist rebels November 6, 2013. Redur Xelil, spokesman for the armed wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said Kurdish militias had seized the city of Ras al-Ain and all its surrounding villages. Syrian Kurdish fighters have captured more territory from Islamist rebels in northeastern Syria

Syrian Kurds discuss differences over Geneva II

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Delegates are pictured prior to a meeting on Syria at the United Nations offices in Geneva December 20, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX16PNF

Syrian Kurds agree to disagree

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)