Thomas Schmidinger is a political scientist at the University of Vienna. In 2014 he published a book on Rojava in German, Krieg und Revolution in Syrisch-Kurdistan Analysen und Stimmen aus Rojava, which was translated to Turkish. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/thomas-schmidinger/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Thomas Schmidinger https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/02/24/afrin-and-the-race-for-the-azaz-corridor https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/02/24/afrin-and-the-race-for-the-azaz-corridor Whoever controls the Azaz corridor will very likely control the war in northern Syria, writes Thomas Schmidinger. As things come to a head in northern Aleppo, the race is on between the SDF, Turkey and pro-government forces as to who will take control of the strategic strip of land.