The Third Current

Parallels Between the Nagorno-Karabakh and Rojava Cases Follow us on Youtube Following the Paris Agreement signed on January 6, 2026, Syrian Arab Army forces including former Free Syrian Army factions, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and non-Syrian militias effectively functioning as Turkey's proxies launched apparently well-planned military operations against Kurdish areas, known as Rojava. The attacks began in Aleppo's two Kurdish enclaves, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiya, later expanding to other regions and ultimately to areas west of the Euphrates River. While official discourse frames these attacks as an effort to push the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from the west bank of the Euphrates, developments on the ground suggest the main goal is actually dismantling Kurdish self-administration and reversing the political, economic, and territorial gains achieved over the past decade. The military tactics employed and the official discourse surrounding Rojava bear a striking res...

Follow us on Youtube The Middle East has a Yemen problem and its the elephant in the room. Although, in recent years Yemen associated with Iran backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia (KSA) backed Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance(HTA). But that map just got shredded as the UAE and its proxy, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) has shown as a wildcard. They launched “Operation Promising Future” and pulled off a shock move, recapturing strategic cities like Seiyun and Tarim. But the real escalation happened when they seized the PetroMasila oilfield. This forced a direct face-off between the UAE and its neighbor, Saudi Arabia. Since then, the stakes have skyrocketed: we’ve seen Saudi airstrikes hitting STC forces in the port of Mukalla and Riyadh issuing a blunt ultimatum for the UAE to withdraw its troops from Yemeni soil. This “brother-against-brother” tension between the two Gulf nations is exactly what’s fuelling rumours of a massive new alignment one that supposedly brings Egypt, Turkey, Iran,...