The end of Syrian war might be around the corner with the elimination of the "Islamic State", which in the past years had control over the largest area in Syria, and formed with its areas of influence in Iraq the so-called "Islamic Caliphate". The rise of ISIS necessitated the formation of an international coalition to fight the emergent organization in early 2014 and saw the rise of coordination between the coalition and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and later the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
It is assumed that international attitudes will change after the military defeat of the extremist organization. Therefore, the interests of the superpowers acting in Syria will tend towards alignment with the regional powers such as Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Amid this reality, local forces will need to act with great care to preserve their survival.
Syrian Kurds were the most politically and militarily organized powers on the ground in Syria; their political activism to better the situation of Syrian Kurds has continued since 1957, and their military action in the ongoing Syrian war since 2011 first through the People's Protection Units and later the Syrian Democratic Forces.
