Many Arab tribal leaders are betting the Kurdish leadership & Syrian gov will patch up their differences and retake much of Northeast Syria. They are embracing Syrian nationalism in the face of Turkey - others are betting on Turkey as the scramble for Northeast Syria launches.
Here is the great anthropologist and student of Syria, Jacques Weulersse, on rural Syrians & how they regard the state as largely arbitrary and a curse. For many Syrians, not that much has changed since the 1940s. 
Here is Sheikh Muslat, the head of Syrian Council of Tribes and Clans, reading communique denouncing the YPG/PKK/SDF as terrorists and welcoming Turkish invasion with its Arab militia allies.
Here is Sheikh Muslat, the head of Syrian Council of Tribes and Clans, reading communique denouncing the YPG/PKK/SDF as terrorists and welcoming Turkish invasion with its Arab militia allies.
Here are Syrians welcoming the Turkish incursion and the Syrian opposition militias that are accompanying the Turks into Northeast Syria - via @SyriansRISE_UP
