Syria in the crisis: Kurds between the fronts - who protects them now?

Syria in the crisis: Kurds between the fronts - who protects them now?

In an alarming situation in Syria, Andreas Schieder, the SPÖ-EU delegation manager, commented on the explosive situation in a press conference in Strasbourg, especially for the Kurdish population. He warned of the consequences of the power vacuum, which was created by the fall of the Assad regime. Schieder emphasized: "The international community must not look away here. We Europeans: Inside are on the side of the Kurds and have to use all my strength to keep their independence." The new EU Commission and its foreign representative Kaja Kallas present this central challenge to a special test, since a united and strong occurrence of the EU is crucial in this difficult phase, as ots.at reported .

conflicts in northeastern Syria

While the situation in other parts of Syria seems to be stabilized, the situation in the northeast is dramatically pies up. Fights between the Syrian National Army (SNA) supported by the Turkish state and the Syrian Kurdish forces have recently increased. In this context, un-sparkling Geir Pedersen expressed great concern about the new escalations. In the middle of these fights, over 100,000 people, mostly Kurds, have had to leave their homes in the past few days, while the SDF (Syrian democratic forces) has come under pressure to accept area losses. The United States has offered itself as an intermediary and proposed a ceasefire agreement that would provide for the deduction of the SDF from certain areas, such as DW.com reported .

The violent clashes in the northeast not only have humanitarian consequences; They also concern control of important raw material and agricultural areas of Syria. The region, which was previously inhabited by 4.6 million Kurds, is strategically significant because it has most oil springs and important wheat productions. Control over these resource areas is of crucial importance for the future Syrian government to ensure economic recovery. The conflict shows that the Kurdish forces in this changing political landscape are increasingly isolated and are dependent on the support of the international actors.