By maintaining alliance with the, For several years, United States has fought Islamic State Syria without troop deployments or any casualties Syrian Democratic Forces — the local, secular, anti-Islamist of Kurdish-dominated Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, also known as Rojava. ..…
Realism is terrible for rebellions and precisely anti-Kurdish doctrine. ..…
Spotlight: Turkish offensive against Kurdish militia in Syria sparks concern about Ankara's role in anti-IS fight - Xinhua | English.news.cn . . . . . . . . . Spotlight: Turkish offensive against Kurdish militia in Syria sparks concern about Ankara's role in anti-IS fight ...…
Morale high among anti-IS fighters marching on Raqqa . Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces begin advance on self-declared Islamic State capital, amid coalition air support . ..…
Meanwhile, as the Turkish economy started to stall and Erdogan’s star slowly to fade, he became increasingly dependent on rabid nationalism and anti-Kurdish sentiments to maintain power. ... They, along with Israel, even recently used Kurdish air bases to strike against..…
Motivated largely by the aim of containing Syrian Kurdish, Turkey already has troops on the ground across arc of northwestern Syria, the stronghold of anti- Damascus rebels.. For SDF, in which Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is the dominant force, much will depend on whether United..…
., on his decision to pull US troops deployed Northeastern Syria back from anti-Kurdish of Turkish military... 100% of Gaza Factories Totally or Partially Affected by Siege. ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- It’s time for the US to “get out of ridiculous endless wars”, President Donald Trump said on his decision to pull US troops deployed in Northeastern Syria back from an imminent anti-Kurdish incursion of the Turkish military. . . . . 100% of Gaza Factories Totally or..…
They would also agree on the preservation of the autonomous rights of the anti- Assad Syrian Democratic Forces and Kurdish and Sunni communities east and Syria as bulwark against any Islamic State.. ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syria might soon be the scene of new rivalries between Turkey and a coalition of Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Kurdish separatists after a recent meeting between the Saudi and UAE officials and the anti-Ankara Kurdish militia and accelerated dispatch of military equipment by..…
By bringing Syrian Kurdish fighters into anti- Assad effort over which it held considerable sway, Ankara hoped to prevent the emergence of Kurdish-administered proto-state under the sway of PKK and ensure that Syria retained strong central government. . ..…
Both Presidents agreed to escalate their joint anti-Kurdish campaign, as well as better coordination of their activities in Iraq and Syria. . By the time of the Rouhani-Erdogan conversation, Turkish and Iranian forces were already engaged in a comprehensive anti-Kurdish..…
Under his aegis, the anti- ISIS Syria pivoted to Kurdish PYD, PKK's Syria, later rebranded due to that group's tendencies to avoid clashes with Assad and Iranian forces. ..…
Turkish President Erdogan is an anti-Kurdish hardliner, and the situation has deteriorated significantly since he came to power. ..…
In fact, the US would continue to support anti-Assad vetted Syrian opposition fighters and would even commit resources to double the number of Kurdish. ..…
We do know, however, that 30 years ago the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gassed between 3,000 and 5,000 Kurds to death in a town called Halabja, in Kurdish Iraq. That was March 16,1988, part of an anti-Kurdish campaign known as al-Anfal. ..…
Yet barely anyone suggests that opposing a Kurdish or Catalan state makes you an anti-Kurdish or anti-Catalan bigot. ..…
If the compass, is anti- Americanism above anything else, the Turkish left will be useful for Erdogan's anti-Kurdish Syria as long as it contradicts Washington's stance.. ..…
In rough order, first was State Department's provision of weaponry to FSA second, CIA training program Timber Sycamore and third, Operation Inherent Resolve, Pentagon's of the anti- ISIS with Kurdish People's Protection Units, YPG, Syria. ..…
Turkey prepares to launch an operation against Kurdish militants in parts of northern Syria that lie east of the Euphrates River. The anti-Damascus Kurdish militants have long enjoyed US support despite Ankara's fury. . ..…
Finally, by appointing an ethnic Turk, Merkel appears to be trying to mollify Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has repeatedly pressed for her to crack down on anti-Turkish Kurdish elements in Germany. . ..…
It is Erdogan’s distrust for Kurdish relative religious liberalism and tolerance which motivates his anti-Kurdish disdain. ..…
On Tuesday, US military aircraft air-dropped members of SDF - a Kurdish-dominated and anti- Damascus Tabqa, providing air support for them to retake the dam.. ..…
US Andrew Craig Brunson is escorted by Turkish plainclothes police officers July 25, 2018 Over the past years, the countries have also clashed over the US support for anti- Ankara Kurdish militants. ..…
Turkey fell out with Washington, NATO ally, over the US reliance during its anti-ISIS operations on Kurdish militias associated with Kurdish Workers Party, against. ..…
to Yıldırım's statement, reports from the outskirts of Raqqa indicate that SDF combination of YPG and non- Kurdish anti- ISIS forces have moved closer to the city line. ..…
U.S coalition confirmed that they had sent shipment of armored tanks to anti- Islamic State Syrian forces and denied that the in question were Kurdish.. ..…
Turkish government announced campaign, accompanied by United States, against Islamic State Syria, and Kurds and anti- Islamic State Syrian are the real targets of the campaign... ..…