Assad’s fall lays the ground for wider peace—if the US can seize the moment

The epochal collapse of the Assad government, along with much of the Iranian regional network, has opened the door to a more peaceful Middle East, but has also created risks. The current administration must handle these with urgency, not leave them to its successor.High among those challenges is helping America’s effective counter-ISIS partner, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, emerge as a political representative of the Syrian Kurds. This requires a shift away from its roo