as russian troops move into syrian borderland, trump claims ceasefire
He has been sailing against the tide of public opinion, with Americans opposed to U.S from Northern Syria by 2-1 margin... ..…
He has been sailing against the tide of public opinion, with Americans opposed to U.S from Northern Syria by 2-1 margin... ..…
In international news, the New York Times is reporting on the fate of Islamic State prisoners being held in Northern Syria. ... Defense Secretary Mark Esper has arrived in Baghdad as US troops leaving Northern Syria head to neighboring Iraq. ..…
Xinhua Headlines: More coordinated efforts needed for lasting peace in northern Syria . ... The Turkish offensive led to power rebalance in northern Syria, experts said. . ..…
Thus, after the 2014 ISIS capture of Mosul in Iraq and establishment of the Islamic Caliphate in Raqqa (Syria), Washington had armed three different forces – ISIS, the FSA and the Kurdish Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) to duke it out in northern Syria: One and all were aligned against the..…
Bush to the news that President Donald Trump was withdrawing U.S. troops from northern Syria and that he had given the green light to Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan to launch his military operation against the Kurds. . ... The crisis in northern Syria did not start..…
Russia and Turkey have agreed to remove Kurdish militants from border areas in northern Syria and launch joint patrols there. . ... Turkey has agreed to end the military offensive in northern Syria after Kurdish fighters withdraw from a safe zone, US Vice President Mike..…
On October 17, a few days after the start of the Turkish military incursion into northern Syria, Turkey’s ambassador to Georgia, Fatma Ceren Yazgan, who does not appear often in front of the press, invited Georgian and foreign journalists to a news conference in Tbilisi. ... During the..…
Al-Safir (Lebanon), May 18, 2012; Al-Watan (Syria), May 20, 2012. . . [8] In his letter, Al-Ja’afari named certain northern Lebanese towns as involved in terrorism against Syria. ... According to the daily, Lebanon also presented Syria, at the latter’s request, with a..…
-initiated negotiations would allow the FSA faction al-Muatasim Brigade to peacefully take over 11 villages in northern Syria that are controlled by the SDF. ..…
President Erdoğan announced a plan to resettle over 1 million Syrian refugees in a “safe zone” in northern Syria, threatening that if the plan does not receive international support Turkey “will have to open the gates” to Europe. . ..…
“Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria. ..…
News agencies reported that US troops had in fact crossed into Iraq from Syria through the Sahela border crossing in the northern province of Dohuk on Monday. . ..…
Displaying a stroke of genius, Russia has once again played the role of a peace-maker in Syria by concluding an agreement with Turkey to enforce a safe zone in northern Syria. According to the terms of the agreement, Turkish forces would have exclusive control over 120 kms. stretch..…
Despite the cacophony in Washington, President Donald Trump’s decision to move U.S. forces out of northern Syria was fundamentally correct. ... The bitter controversy over America’s military presence in northern Syria highlights a similar challenge today. ..…
President Donald Trump had stated that the US never committed to the security of Kurds Northern Syria, and his Defense Secretary Mark Esper meanwhile noted that American troops had job to secure the oil... ..…
In the above photo,Turkish-backed members of the Syrian National Army were preparing for Tuesday’s military operation by Turkey into Kurdish areas of northern Syria. . ... One of those “hard men”, of course, was the above mentioned Salim Idriss, the present “Defense Minister” of..…
America, which fought two bloody world wars we believed were necessary to preserve democracy, is, according to Trump, done fighting even rhetorically for democracy (the Syrian Kurds, for example, had embraced secular democratic governance in most of the regions of northern Syria that Trump..…
Defense Secretary Mark Esper had stated that US forces withdrawing from Northern Syria will be relocated to Western Iraq. . ... Turkey's Offensive in Northeastern Syria . TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey has halted military offensive against Kurdish fighters in Northern Syria..…
Turkey's Offensive in Northeastern Syria . TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey has halted military offensive against Kurdish fighters in Northern Syria after reaching a deal with Russia. ..…