But it came as an even greater shock to the United States’ main partner in the fight against the Islamic State (or ISIS), the Syrian Kurds. ... The U.S. partnership with the YPG was a battlefield success, and the Kurds’ eventual victory at Kobani became a turning point in the..…
By the secular forces of the Whether Iraq or Syria, the bulk of the ground fighting that has been undertaken against ISIS fighters has been led Kurds, force made up of men and women hoping that their efforts would somehow end in the reward of their long-desired homeland. ..…
Turkey has long considered the Kurdish militia in Syria to be a terrorist insurgency, despite the United States providing military and financial aid to the group in its fight against ISIS, the Islamic State militant group. A battle with the vastly superior military of Turkey, a NATO ally, could drive..…
It was unclear how extensive Turkish operation would be, or whether Turkish forces would clash with American-backed Kurds, development that could jeopardize many of the counterterrorism gains achieved by American military in the fight against ISIS.. ..…
At least two million people (60% Kurds) live here on land reclaimed by force from ISIS. ..…
Reshad Kurdo’s family lost their land, but as he explained, the Kurds are careful not to act revengefully: ‘When the SDF liberated Tell Abyad from ISIS, we didn’t force anyone out. ... The international coalition led by the US and France turned a blind eye, and the ‘international..…