This Week in Northern Syria [23.2025]

June 4 - 10: Kurdish unity delegation formed, DAANES-Gov't certificate exam agreement, cross-river clashes in Deir ez-Zour, and more...

Note: I will be on vacation at the end of the month and will not be publishing issues covering the weeks of June 18 - 24 and June 25 - July 1, apologies for the inconvenience. The newsletter will continue in its regular fashion for the rest of the year, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Check out my recent post featuring four separate timelines covering key events occurring between the fall of the Asad regime and now, relating to (1) the Syrian interim government, (2) negotiations between Damascus and the SDF, (3) SDF-controlled areas and intra-Kurdish politics, and finally (4) international relations:

Six months after Asad

DAANES/SDF

06/04/25: A Kurdish unity delegation was formed to representing the platform made between independent, PYD-, and ENKS-affiliated parties at the April 26th conference in future talks with Damascus. The delegation is to be headed by Perwin Yusif (PYD executive co-chair) and Muhammad Ismail (ENKS president), while consisting of:

• Aldar Xelil (PYD)

• Rihan Loqo (Kongra Star)

• Sulîman Osso (ENKS presidential council member)

• Feysel Yûsif (ENKS spokesman)

• Ahmad Suleiman (independent PDPKS - Barakat faction deputy leader),

• Salah Darwish (independent PDPKS - Darwish faction),

• Nasr al-Din Ibrahim (independent PYD-leaning KDPS - 'al-Parti')