The intentions of Syrian Kurds with self-administration (Aaron Stein, Al Jazeera)

Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial withdrawal of combat forces from Syria, the dominant Kurdish-led Democratic Union Party (PYD) declared to form a " federal democratic system" in the three cantons of Afrin, Kobane, and Jazira.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/intentions-syrian-kurds-administration-160317080922855.html

The Syrian Civil War has become a perpetual conflict (Aaron Stein, Al Jazeera)

On Saturday the Turkish Armed Forces opened fire on fighters from the Kurdish-dominated People's Protection Units (YPG) and Jaysh al-Thuwar, an Arab majority militia, near Syria's border town of Azaz. These two groups have taken advantage of the recent Russian and regime-led offensive north of Aleppo to challenge the rebel-held towns of Tel Rifaat and Azaz.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/syrian-civil-war-perpetual-conflict-isis-turkey-160214080754073.html

The bell tolls for Turkey and the PKK (Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/09/bell-tolls-turkey-pkk-150908131528334.html