What the SDF’s dissolution means for Syria’s Kurds and neighbouring Turkey
Nearly a week after the Syrian Democratic Forces agreed to dissolve, the consequences are beginning to take shape for Syria's Kurds and neighbouring Turkey. As the former US-backed force is absorbed into the Syrian state, questions remain over what the country's Kurds have secured in return – from language and political rights to protections for women – and what the end of more than a decade of Kurdish-led autonomy means for Turkey's own conflict with Kurdish militants.
Where: Iran, Iraq, United States, Washington, Turkey, Istanbul
Exact coordinates
iran: 32.430, 53.690
iraq: 33.220, 43.680
united states: 37.090, -95.710
washington: 38.910, -77.040
turkey: 38.960, 35.240
istanbul: 41.010, 28.980
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