US- Turkey Strategic rivalry in Syria and its effects on the future of the Kurds in Syria

Abstract

This paper will focus on the influence of international forces in the Syrian conflict, illustrating and analyzing their agendas, and will try to locate where the Kurdish issue fits into the overlapping motivations and strategies of international actors. Furthermore, it will also analyze how the Kurds have responded to Turkish and US interventions into the conflict. The researcher reached conclusions that without setting common ground and mutual understanding among the influential powers whose armies and policies involved in the war, there would be no stopping bloodshed in Syria. Concerning the Kurdish future, the Kurds cannot gain any advantage from the conflict without being cooperated and assisted by the west, especially the United States while they are facing the threats of the regional powers. That is why they need to align their interests according to the western interests. If they do not, their future will remain uncertain and unstable in the region.