Middle East Zugzwang

... quite dubious. Although the issue of Kurdish autonomy can now be regarded as a fait accompli, its legal framework has yet to be determined. The Kurds in Syria occupy the northeastern part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate and a number of areas in the country’s Aleppo province. In fact, the so-called Syrian Kurdistan (or Western Kurdistan, or Rojava as the Kurds prefer to call it) occupies the entire north of Syria. The Kurdish leaders have already announced plans to incorporate Raqqa (after its recapture, of ...