ESOPOTAMIA NEWS SHORT CUTS : Syria Holds First Local Elections Since 2011

17 Sept 2018 – Syrians in government-controlled regions voted yesterday (DW) for local representatives on administrative councils. Elections were not held in the opposition-controlled province of Idlib nor in Syria’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.

In Foreign Affairs, Aaron Stein discusses the post-American future of Kurdish forces in Syria. More via www.mesop.de