Dispatch from northeast Syria

Amberin Zaman
Amberin Zaman
May 2, 2025
A Kurdish youth holds a poster of jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan during Newroz celebrations on March 21, 2025 in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Newroz, or Nowruz, a celebration of the spring equinox and Persian new year, is observed by a diverse array of communities across western and central Asia, including Kurdish areas of Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Newroz is the most important festival in Kurdish culture and has taken the form of political expression among Kurds in Turkey. (Photo by Sedat Suna/Getty

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There were fresh waves of arrests and some growls over Kurdish aspirations in Syria. Plus ca change, as they say. 

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