Lara Seligman


Lara Seligman was a staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2018-2020.

Articles by Lara Seligman
Ilham Ahmad, the president of the executive committee of the Syrian Democratic Council, attends a press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on Oct. 10.
Ilham Ahmad, the president of the executive committee of the Syrian Democratic Council, attends a press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on Oct. 10.
Mourners attend the funeral of three Syrian Democratic Forces fighters killed in battles against Turkey-led forces in the Syrian Kurdish town of Qamishli on Oct. 24.
Mourners attend the funeral of three Syrian Democratic Forces fighters killed in battles against Turkey-led forces in the Syrian Kurdish town of Qamishli on Oct. 24.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands.
Irdal Walid, a 19-year-old Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, who was wounded in Turkish airstrikes on Ras al-Ain, receives treatment in the northern Syrian town of Hasakah on Oct. 21.
Irdal Walid, a 19-year-old Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, who was wounded in Turkish airstrikes on Ras al-Ain, receives treatment in the northern Syrian town of Hasakah on Oct. 21.
A soldier wearing a Kurdish Women's Protection Units badge sits on top of a U.S. military vehicle on a road in the town of Tal Tamr, Syria, on Oct. 20.
A soldier wearing a Kurdish Women's Protection Units badge sits on top of a U.S. military vehicle on a road in the town of Tal Tamr, Syria, on Oct. 20.
A convoy of U.S. military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the  Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria on Oct. 21, 2019.
A convoy of U.S. military vehicles arrives near the Iraqi Kurdish town of Bardarash in the Dohuk governorate after withdrawing from northern Syria on Oct. 21, 2019.
A woman covers her face as she stands along the side of a road near the Syrian Kurdish town of Ras al-Ain.
A woman covers her face as she stands along the side of a road near the Syrian Kurdish town of Ras al-Ain.
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters drive into northern Syria.
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters drive into northern Syria.
This picture taken on October 17, 2019 from the Turkish side of the border with Syria in the Ceylanpinar district city of Sanliurfa shows smoke and fire rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain during the Turkish offensive against Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria.
This picture taken on October 17, 2019 from the Turkish side of the border with Syria in the Ceylanpinar district city of Sanliurfa shows smoke and fire rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain during the Turkish offensive against Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria.
Relatives visit the tombs of Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in the northern Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
Relatives visit the tombs of Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in the northern Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.
A Syrian Democratic Forces mortar team targets the Islamic State near Deir Ezzor, Syria.
A Syrian Democratic Forces mortar team targets the Islamic State near Deir Ezzor, Syria.
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters kneel to pray.
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters kneel to pray.
A Syrian fighter with Turkish-backed forces watches an armored personnel carrier maneuvering on the outskirts of the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad on Oct. 13, 2019.
A Syrian fighter with Turkish-backed forces watches an armored personnel carrier maneuvering on the outskirts of the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad on Oct. 13, 2019.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir Ezzor, Syria.
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir Ezzor, Syria.