The Twisting Path to Syrian Reunification

The Twisting Path to Syrian Reunification

Beneath a scorching sun, the river emerged in the distance like an open wound. The Euphrates, which nourishes one of Syria’s most fertile valleys, has become a dividing line between two territories that barely brush against each other. To the water’s north and east lies the area controlled by an Arab-Kurdish coalition, known as the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), which administers roughly one-third of the country. To t…