Rachel
Stohl is senior associate with the Managing Across Boundaries Initiative at the
Stimson Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank that studies peace and
security challenges around the world. Since 2008, she has served as a consultant
to the U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs for the Arms Trade Treaty.
Articles by
Rachel Stohl
A Syrian boy holds an AK-47 assault rifle in the majority-Kurdish Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 14, 2013. In northern Syria, the Kurdish population has largely observed a careful compromise with regime and rebel forces, fighting alongside neither, in return for security and semi-autonomy over majority Kurdish areas, but there have been reports in recent weeks of Kurdish fighters joining the battle with Syrian rebels in certain areas, including in Sheikh Maqsud. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)
