Event: Crisis in Northern Syria: Threats and Opportunities

Date and Time: Thursday, December 19, 2024 | 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Washington, DC

Location: Zoom Webinar

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The fall of the Syrian regime on December 8th, 2024 brought an end to over a decade of civil war. But in Syria’s northeast, a new phase of conflict may have only just begun.

Turkey views the collapse of the Assad regime as an opportunity to achieve its primary ambition in Syria: destroying the Kurdish-led Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Despite U.S. efforts to defuse tensions, escalation in the region remains likely — threatening Syria’s transition, efforts to keep ISIS down, and the prospects of Turkish-Kurdish reconciliation regionally.

Joining the Kurdish Peace Institute to discuss the state of the conflict, its implications for the U.S., and possible paths to peace will be Yusuf Can, Coordinator of the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program, and Mohammed A. Salih, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Meghan Bodette, Director of Research at the Kurdish Peace Institute, will moderate the panel.