Peloni: The story of the Kurds is a heart-wrenching tale of betrayal and division. In an age in which Turkey is allowed its colonization from Cyprus to Syria and more, the Kurds are denied their rights of recognition even of autonomy under the current Turkish puppet in Syria. Notably, Trump’s deference for the Turkish interest in expanding its control well beyond its borders has not only consumed the indigenous rights of the Kurds, but the civil rights of minorities in Syria. Will he next force Israel from its protective barrier over the Syrian Druze? How many slaughters must the world witness in silence to appease the megalomania of the neo Ottoman obsessed Erdogan?
When the Syrian army attempts to move into Kurdish cities and towns, not just into oil fields and sparsely populated desert areas, it may encounter fierce and determined Kurdish resistance.
by Prof. Eyal Zisser | Published on Feb 1, 2026
After massacring members of the Alawite community and Druze, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa turned to deal with the Kurdish minority, now the only remaining obstacle to the establishment of an Islamic State of Syria. This is a state that enjoys a warm embrace from the international community, and especially from the US, while relentlessly persecuting its minorities. The new Syrian constitution adopted by al-Sharaa only recently formally guarantees freedom of worship for all religions. In practice, however, al-Sharaa views Alawites and Druze as heretics who, under Islam, deserve death. The Kurds, for their part, are seen as an ethnic minority that threatens Syria’s unity and territorial integrity, and therefore al-Sharaa offers them a stark choice: surrender or die.
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An image that Jared Kushner presented at the Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos on January 22. Screengrab via Youtube.
