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Yilmaz Saeed

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Yilmaz Saeed is a Syrian Kurdish researcher who has written many analytical and opinion articles on Kurdish and Syrian affairs and jihadist organizations. Saeed has served as the deputy of the Kurdish Youth movement in Syria since 2015 and served as a member of the Supreme Military Council of the Syrian Armed opposition from 2012 to 2015.

Recent Policy Analysis by Yilmaz Saeed

Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, speaks in a recorded interview released in Jan. 2019. Photo credit: Screenshot by Cole Bunzel via Twitter.
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The Future of al-Jawlani’s Pragmatism in Idlib and Afrin
Nov 8, 2022
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