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Amberin Zaman

Sep 7, 2023

DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images — Mazlum Kobane, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, meets with the Raqqa civil council in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on Nov. 1, 2020. — DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

Troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) special operations.

Turkey's Erdogan eggs on Syria's Arab tribes against US-backed Kurds

Amberin Zaman

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

Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend a joint military exercise with forces of the US-led "Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve" coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group in the countryside of the town of al-Malikiya (Derik in Kurdish) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on September 7, 2022.

Syria’s Kurds struggle to contain backlash after detaining allied Arab militia leader

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

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Iran-backed militias test new front with Washington’s Syrian Kurdish allies

Amberin Zaman

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

Mazloum Kobane, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during an interview in the countryside outside the northwestern Syrian city of Hasakah, in the province of the same name, on Jan. 24, 2019.

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Syrian Kurdish commander says resolve of US-led anti-ISIS coalition weakening