February 26, 2016 | Quoted Michael Rubin - Commentary
Are Syria’s Kurds Really Pro-Assad?
Among supporters of the Syrian opposition, there is increasing cynicism (if not occasional disdain) toward the People’s Protection Units, better known by their Kurdish acronym the YPG. Across the Bay’s Tony Badran gave a fair summary here of some of the concerns. In short, though, at times it seems the Syrian Kurds are siding with President Bashar al-Assad’s allies if not Assad himself rather than the Syrian opposition. Does that mean the Syrian Kurds are on the wrong side of the struggle?
On this, the answer is no. The Syrian civil war is not a binary conflict — Syrian opposition on one side (supported by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and sometimes the United States) vs. Syrian regime on the other side (supported by Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, and sometimes it seems the United States).
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