Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, each with divergent strategic interests, which have further contributed to the deepening internal crisis. If al-Sharaa remains persistent in his authoritarian approach, another civil war is possible.4/4

He seems to have forgotten why Syria fell into civil war in 2011 and is attempting to follow the same path as al-Assad. Third, there are many external players, including 3/

Second, the interim government in Damascus, under the leadership of al-Sharaa, is trying to follow the same policies as the al-Assad regime, advocating a centralized state based on ethnic exclusion in its internal politics.2/

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Turkey cannot turn back the clocks to the dark pages of history before 1978. Neither the geopolitical situation nor domestic affairs will allow this. 6/6

I believe we are situated within a historical and multilateral political framework that allows for the PKK’s disarmament. The Turkish state is not trustworthy, but the Kurds in Bakûr are becoming more politically self-conscious. 5/

and the expansion and growth of the Dem Party in Bakûr. The PKK and Ocalan already planted the seeds of social and political movements in Turkey and other parts of Kurdistan, particularly in Rojava, that can pave the path towards political liberation. 4/

While there is deep mistrust from the PKK toward the Turkish state's plans and ambitions, disarmament could remove many of the pretexts that the Turkish state uses to justify its military offensives against the Kurds in Rojava and Başûr. It could also pave the way for better political mobilization3/

The PKK emerged during a crucial historical period in Bakûr/southeast Turkey when the existence of the Kurds was denied by the Turkish state and when Marxist-Leninist national liberation movements were gaining strength in a bipolar world. 2/

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death sentence was extrajudicial.
Here is an excerpt from Pakhshan’s first letter, written in Evin prison in third person style:

“I am her. She is me. But I am a mere drop in the ocean. You are the ocean. Our flow is inevitable. We are unconcealed.”👇🏽

The Kurds in Rojava persist in striving for peaceful co-existence with Arabs, Christians, and others.

However, if the dominant states in Kurdistan continue their denialist tendencies toward the Kurds, there will be no other option left but a move towards independence.

Marhaf Abu Qasra—now the Acting Minister of Defense in Syria—declared yesterday that they distinguish between the Kurds and the SDF, emphasizing that there will be no federation in Syria. This is a clear sign of an imminent threat to Rojava.

So, I guess what Jolani means by “disband” is transformation of HTS from an armed jihadist rebel group to state forces. So, this is not called “disbanding.” This is coloring the egg.