Kurdish gains in Syria could disappear without international support − just as they did in Iraq decades ago
- Written by Lily Hindy, PhD Candidate in History, University of California, Los Angeles
Kurdish fighters welcome Syrian government forces to the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, Syria, on Feb. 3, 2026. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty ImagesDays into the United States and Israel’s war against Iran, Trump officials and Kurdish leaders began openly musing about whether Iran’s Kurdish minority should seize on the dire...