Jamil Jafar

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[Joshua Landis @joshua_landis]

Why are Syria's Arab tribes mobilizing against the Kurds?

Central to tribal discontent in the Deir ez-Zor region is the terrible economic situation - one made worse by Government neglect and, indeed, diversion of the region's resources. This is an old story. It happened under Assad and seems to be happening again under Sharaa. The oil and phosphates of the Northeast are too tempting for Damascus not to divert to projects it considers more important, such as building an air force - 1000 new air cadets were graduated this week.

Commentators have listed numerous grievances the Arab tribes have against the Kurds, who retain bits and pieces of their former authority in northeast Syria. President Trump personally intervened to keep the Kurds from losing everything. According to Secretary of State Rubio, Trump personally weighed in with al-Sharaa to stop the fighting in January. The French, no doubt, also weighed in to convince Sharaa to stop tribal forces from demolishing the SDF in Hassekeh and Qamishli as they drove north in February.

The prospects for the SDF are bleak, despite local accommodations. The loss of territory and control over natural resources means the SDF must bend to Damascus's will. Sharaa is likely to whittle away at remaining Kurdish prerogatives in his desire to centralize authority in his own hands.

By threatening to invade the Kurdish regions, the Arab tribes are demanding attention to their own plight. Rather than gaining control of the resources from the Kurds, Damascus authorities have taken them.

The American firm HKN Energy won much of the region's oil. It is managing and operating oil fields (including Rumailan in the Hasakah Governorate) under a 25-year investment contract.

The Tribes are getting kicked to the curb. Idlibis are being appointed to run the region rather than tribal representatives. The tribes are not happy but cannot attack the state and thus are taking it out on the Kurds. The government will want to restrain the tribes but will likely exploit tribal ire to divide and rule in the region, Damascus's time-honored strategy.

Some of this is the fault of the SDF. Ahmad al-Sharaa built Idlib University and a military academy in Idlib when he governed the region. He built the malls in Sarmada, near Idlib, which serve as an important economic hub today.

What did the SDF build? Despite getting important US subsidies and controlling Syria's biggest oil wells, the development projects AANES initiated seem to have had little lasting effect. Yes, the SDF improved the status of women, but they built few technical schools. Idlib University is now graduating Sharia and law graduates who are being sent all over Syria to take administrative positions.

The Uqaydat (Agaydat) tribe has secured high-level security and regional representation, notably through key appointments like Hussein Al-Salama as spy chief and territorial allocations in the newly formed Parliament. Despite top-level security appointments, tribal figures like Ammar al-Haddawi have critiqued the central government for maintaining control over local resources rather than true decentralization. Al-Salama is from the town of al-Shuhayl (also spelled al-Shuhail or al-Shahil). But clan leaders from other Aqaydat towns feel want representation too.

The Baggara tribe has not won formal or proportional institutional representation in the new Syrian government, leading the tribe to publicly condemn what it calls deliberate marginalization. While prominent tribal notables like Sheikh Nawaf al-Bashir have aligned with President Ahmed al-Sharaa and local figures like Ibrahim al-Habash operate in Hasakah, the central authorities have not granted the tribe substantive roles in decision-making bodies.

Northeast Syria has traditionally been among the poorest if not the poorest region of Syria, despite having many of Syria's mineral and agricultural resources. When local tribes took over from the Assad gov. in 2012 and began to run the Kurds out of the region in 2013, they acquired the oil wells and local resources for themselves. Those riches seem to have all but disappeared.

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

#SaveThekurdsAct

[Maxime Azadi @MaximeAzadi]

Les combattants kurdes, le moral au top, rassurent en affirmant : '"nous sommes là". Voilà les enfants d’un peuple qui dansent et chantent sur le champ de bataille. #DefendRojava #Rojava #Kobane

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

The Kurds deserve their own state. I’ve served with them in Iraq. They were our friends and helped many of our servicemen and women survive.

[Mutlu Civiroglu @mutludc]

Under the freezing cold of minus 35 degrees, Kurdish Canadians in Toronto marched in support of their brothers and sisters in Syria.

Protesters condemned the siege on #Kobani and called on the Canadian government to help stop the attacks carried out by the Jolani‑led interim Syrian government forces against the #Kurdish people.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

Watching the deteriorating situation in Syria with great concern. The Kurds are under threat from the new Syrian government that is aligned with Turkey.

It would be a disaster for America’s reputation and national security interests to abandon the Kurds, who were the chief ally in destroying the ISIS caliphate.

Therefore, I will be introducing legislation this week designed to impose crippling sanctions on any government or group engaged in hostilities against the Kurds. The Save the Kurds Act, I believe, will receive strong bipartisan support and must have teeth to make it effective.

Stay tuned.

[Georg Pazderski @Georg_Pazderski]

In Dortmund droht ein syrischer „Schutzsuchender“ Kurden mit Chemiewaffen zu vernichten❗️

Direkte Folge der unkontrollierten Massenzuwanderung: zugewanderter Hass, Gewaltfantasien, importierte Konflikte, Bedrohung unserer Sicherheit.

WARUM ist so ein Mensch noch Deutschland❓

[Ronai Chaker @RonaiChaker]

Look at how rotten even the children of these Jolani Syrians in Germany are. They are ticking time bombs.

This video was recorded when Syrians were celebrating the massacres of Druze people on the streets of Germany.

Syrian father (supporter of Jolani) in Germany:

“I teach my son proper conduct from an early age. He will trample your Druze and Kurdish women and children underfoot.”

People like this should have their children taken away from them!

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

#TomBarrackIstMitschuldigAmBlutDerKurdn

#TomBarrackIsComplicitInKurdishBlood

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

The child whom Kurdish forces rescued from ISIS machetes in Raqqa has today become a hardened man, and he is destroying the statue of the Kurdish soldier who saved him from death.
Shame on the allies of the Kurds.
@LindseyGrahamSC @USAbilAraby

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

@LindseyGrahamSC The child whom Kurdish forces rescued from ISIS machetes in Raqqa has today become a hardened man, and he is destroying the statue of the Kurdish soldier who saved him from death.
Shame on the allies of the Kurds.

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

@MOSSADil The child whom Kurdish forces rescued from ISIS machetes in Raqqa has today become a hardened man, and he is destroying the statue of the Kurdish soldier who saved him from death.
Shame on the allies of the Kurds.

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

@vonderleyen @eucopresident Are you isolated from the world!? Haven’t you seen what they are doing to the Kurds, and what has happened to the Druze and the rest of the minorities!? @vonderleyen

[House of the Dragon News @HOTDNewsHBO]

Do you agree with Tywin here?

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

#TurkeyOutOfEfrin

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

@RozanaMart نعم صحيح من اراضي عفرين الخضراء .. وكلائكم هناك قامو بالواجب بالنهب والسرقة

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

@AhlHoranNgo حرامية جاج وماعز

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

الرد على رسالة #دكتوراه صادرة عن جامعة #المنصورة في #مصر قسم #التصوف والفلسفة الإسلامية بعنوان #الإيزيدية منهجاً وعقيدةً

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[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

@MustafaSejari تكلم عن نفسك يأيها المرتزق

[Jamil Jafar @jamil_jafar_]

@althani_faisal نعم ويقتل ويحذبح ويغتصب وينهب شمال سوريا بإخلاص شديد وبكل أمانة وشرف لقد صدقت ياأيها الامير