“In the current situation and the chaos we are living in, the only ones who can offer guarantees are the United States or the coalition,” he added in a rare interview from Hasakeh province, which is still under Kurdish control.
Hamo denied that the YPG was receiving support from Iran or Russia, while suggesting a hope that Israel would intervene on behalf of Syria’s Kurds.
“Of course, we consider Israel a powerful state in the region with its own agenda. We hope that the same stance taken by other countries in the region towards certain minorities in Syria will be extended to the Kurds as well,” Hamo said.
Asked if he was referring to Israel’s stance towards the Druze minority last summer - when Israel carried out air strikes on the defence ministry, near the presidential palace in Damascus and on Syrian troops advancing on Druze cities - Hamo said, “of course.”
I think kurds served as a wedge when Syria was relatively united under a secular government. Now that it’s run by a jihadists, there’s no more need for them because the whole country is now splitting up across sectarian lines. Investing in kurds is just not worth the resources anymore. This was actually a pretty insightful interview on the whole thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqiBRc3NXMw