Syria’s Kurdish-led administration calls on Biden for political recognition - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

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Sinam Mohamad, the European representative of the de facto government running Kurdish-held northern Syria, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the autonomous administration's "mission" in Paris on May 23, 2016. — DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP via Getty Images

A man drives a motorcycle past a makeshift refinery using burners to distill crude oil in the village of Bishiriya in the countryside near the town of Qahtaniya west of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province, on July 19, 2020.

Biden administration poised to ax US oil company’s waiver for Kurdish-led northeast Syria

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Mazloum Kobani, Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) commander in chief, talks as he announces the destruction of Islamic State's control of land in eastern Syria, at al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019. - RC1F71152EF0

SDF woos Syrian Kurdish rivals in wake of Turkish assault

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Women hold stacks of bread as they walk along an empty street, as restrictions are imposed as measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Qamishli, Syria March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC2VPF9DRWOE

Syria's Kurdish-led region decries lack of international support in COVID-19 fight

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

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Syrian Kurds, opposition take cases to Washington

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights