Why Are Syrian Kurds Pivoting Toward Moscow?

Why Are Syrian Kurds Pivoting Toward Moscow?

As the Turks squeeze the PYD and Russians away from further coordination with the United States, the two have found each other to be useful allies, both against the Islamic State and Turkey. In fact, it was the Russians who pushed to have PYD representatives acknowledged in last week’s Geneva talks on Syria and the current assault on Aleppo is believed to have helped the YPG greatly.

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