Syria contributor: Cale Salih Cale Salih is a political analyst focusing on Syria and Iraq. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/cale-salih/rss en Why Syria’s Kurds Are Joining the Mainstream Religious & Ethnic Groups Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Cale Salih https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/24/why-syrias-kurds-are-joining-the-mainstream https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/24/why-syrias-kurds-are-joining-the-mainstream The mainstream Syrian political opposition failed for nearly two years to draw in the Kurdish National Council (KNC), a muddled coalition of 16 Syrian Kurdish political parties. The Turkey, PKK “Peace Process” Should Scare Assad Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Cale Salih https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/07/26/the-turkey-pkk-peace-process-should-scare-assad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/07/26/the-turkey-pkk-peace-process-should-scare-assad On March 21, 2013, the day of the Kurdish New Year, Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan announced a historic ceasefire and peace process plan to end the 30-year-old conflict between Ocalan’s Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) and the Turkish state.