Syrian Kurdish self-rule bid opens new battle front
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- Self-rule
- Internal splits
- Authoritarian tactics
- Post-Assad visions
- Tensions with Syrian Arab opposition
- Supply routes
- Turkey
- Kurdish stance benefits Assad
- Outlook
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.jpg "An officer of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party stands guard near the Syrian-Iraq border (Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani)")