To disarm or not to disarm? Kurdish-led forces in Syria chose no last week

Syria (MNN) — It takes trust or force to lay down your weapons. And trust is exactly what the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) doesn’t have for the government under interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The SDF is an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias formed back in 2015 during Syria’s civil war. Today, Syria's government continues to call for centralized control of the nation. Other international voices stand with them.Aleppo, Syria (Photo courtesy of Ahmad Sofi via Unsplash)“External gove