Rena Netjes is an Arabist and independent researcher. She focuses mainly on northern Syria, SDF-held northeast Syria and opposition-held northwest Syria. She has been to the different parts of northern Syria six times in recent years for field research, and has co-authored 'Henchman, Rebel, Democrat, Terrorist, The YPG/PYD during the Syrian conflict,' a report for Clingendael, and published several articles on the area in English and Dutch.
