Rebuilding Syria’s northeast: Damascus’ toughest test yet

Rebuilding Syria’s northeast: Damascus’ toughest test yet Submitted by Danny Makki on Wed, 03/18/2026 - 14:54 After 15 years of Kurdish self-rule, control shifts to government, with security, integration, economic challenges ahead Since the beginning of the year, the Syrian government has reclaimed major oil fields, factories and power plants from the SDF in northeast Syria (Danny Makki/MEE) Off A few weeks can be a long time in Syria, and nowhere has that been clearer than in the country’s turbulent northeast. Mor