About Bedir Mulla Rashid

Bedir Mulla Rashid is an independent Syrian researcher specializing in Kurdish affairs. Previously Rashid worked as a researcher at the Omran Center for Strategic Studies for around 5 years. He graduated from the Arabic-English translation department at Damascus University. He also obtained his MA degree in the Political Science and International Relations department by writing his thesis on the sanctions imposed on the Syrian regime. Rashid authored and co-authored several analyses and research papers on the PYD-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). He also wrote a book chapter on the AANES which was published by the Omran Center for Strategic Studies. Rashid’s works include: Military and Security Structures of the Autonomous Administration in Syria, The Autonomous Administration in Northern Syria: Questions of Legitimacy and Identity, The Phenomenon of YPG Transnational Fighters in Syria.