Author: Didenur Dastan

With the ouster of Bashar Assad’s regime and the end of a nearly 14-year civil war, Syria is looking to a new future of abundant opportunities and several risks that could derail any effort to rebuild, but neighboring Türkiye is lending a helping hand. Regional power broker Türkiye has steadily backed Syrian opposition forces since the civil war broke out in 2011, which was also a boost to its fight against the PKK and its Syrian offshoot, the YPG. Since the anti-regime offensive took Damascus and Assad fled to Russia, Ankara has vowed to “do whatever is necessary” for the…