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Syrian Blitzkrieg: How Damascus Crushed the SDF

CONFLICTED

An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

In this episode, Aaron Zelin returns to Conflicted to unpack the extraordinary collapse of the Syrian Democratic Forces’ position in northeast Syria over the past week — and what the fallout could mean for Syria’s fragile post-Assad order.

Aaron explains:

 Why the March 2025 framework agreement ultimately failed

 Why Sunni Arab tribes abandoned the SDF — and how Damascus prepared the ground

 How and why fighting erupted in Kurdish neighbourhoods of Aleppo

 The rapid fall of SDF-held areas in Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, and Hasakah

 What happened at ISIS prisons and detention camps during the collapse

 Why claims of ‘Kurdish abandonment’ by the United States are misleading

 The PKK factor — and the risk of a new insurgency or terrorism campaign

 What Syria’s consolidation means for ISIS, regional stability, and the country’s future

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