Let someone else fight for this blood-stained sand, Trump said, that SDF Kurdish leaders thanked him for what U.S had done and assured him that Islamic State fighters are under lock and key. . ... Against this backdrop, however, Kurdish fighters have served as ally to United States..…
Their fate is increasingly unclear as Turkey and Russia agree to control the land previously controlled by US-backed Kurdish fighters. ... Although Turkey and Russia, who now control that swath of Syrian territory, have pummeled Kurdish fighters, Trump claimed without evidence that his..…
According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the operation against Kurdish People's Protection Units, large part of U.S. ... Syrian soldiers are seen in the town of Tall Tamr in the countryside of Hasakah, Syria, on Oct 15, 2019, after Syrian government reached deal with Kurdish..…
But the battle between Washington-sponsored FSA and Washington-fostered ISIS Caliphate soon spilled over into Kurdish communities that had populated the regions along Syria- Turkey of Euphrates River.. ... Why this is, of course, stems from the fact that Washington's FSA mercenaries and its..…
Those leaders have betrayed Kurdish rights by allowing the destiny of Kurds to be tied to the policy calculations of outside powers . ..…
Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria—another decision taken, by all appearances, in isolation and on a whim—similarly undermined the standing of the Department of Defense and the reputation of U.S. soldiers fighting in Syria, some of whom have expressed humiliation and embarrassment at having..…
Earlier in the day, Putin and Erdogan signed memorandum of understanding, stating that Kurdish forces must withdraw from Turkish-ruled zone in northeast Syria within 150 hours, after. ... In another development, Republican of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Tuesday that sanctions..…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday threatened to resume Turkey’s military offensive in Syria “with greater determination” unless the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters is completed under a U.S...…
During the demonstration, Georgian Labor leader Shalva Natelashvili called on the Turkish army to “immediately leave northern Syria, where the heroic Kurdish people live.” ... Some of them held flags symbolizing the Kurdish separatist movement in Turkey (Imedinews.ge, October 14). ..…
DEHUMANIZED AS ARE NOW THE KURDISH PEOPLE THAT . FOUGHT ON OUR SIDE AGAINST THE MONSTROUS “ISLAMISTS” . ..…
In 2003, the Kurdish peshmerga sided with the U.S.-led coalition against Saddam Hussein. ... The PYD was founded in 2003 and immediately banned; its members were jailed and murdered, and a Kurdish uprising in Qamishli was met with severe military violence by the regime. ..…
U.S troops Syria fought for five years Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria and succeeded in bringing down the rule of ISIS — at the cost of thousands of Kurdish fighters lives. ... America's former allies, Kurdish fighters, are left hoping Moscow and Damascus will preserve..…
That commitment had been announced the day before, and Kurdish People's Protection Units agreed to withdraw south of the border.. ..…
In this three part series, MintPress and Global Research contributor Sarah Abed analyzes the role that some Kurdish factions have played throughout history in helping major powers create chaos in Middle East from Kurdish uprising Iraq in the 1960s to Syria today.. ... Responding to..…
Indeed, U.S military officials told The New York Times they were stunned that the agreement allowed Turkey to annex portion of Syria, displace tens of thousands of Kurdish residents and wipe away years of counterterrorism gains against Islamic State... ... In one of the most horrific attacks..…
Three days later, Turkey launched the offensive with the aim of purging Syrian regions near its border of US-backed Kurdish militants. ..…
According to Syrian, the in Kurdish areas was part of Russian- Turkish understanding about the fate of Idlib in the north-west, the stronghold of the rebels fighting the regime of Bashar al-Assad... ... Thousands of Islamic State's jihadists have been killed in airstrikes conducted by US-led..…
In, the connections between Kurdish-dominated People's Protection Units, or YPG, Syria, with Kurdistan Worker's Party, or PKK, Turkey are real, and seem unlikely to threaten the integrity of Turkish state. ..…
On the day of Ankara incursion, fears were growing that thousands of ISIL terrorists may escape from Syrian jails, as Kurdish prison guards were leaving their posts to gear up for fighting back Turkish military. ..…
The pretext, of course, is that ISIS caliphate will come roaring back to life absent the armed resistance of Kurdish- SDF forces positioned Syria's northeast quadrant and that with these bombed-out, impoverished, no-count towns, villages, farms and dusty plains back under the flag of ISIS, next up..…
TEHRAN - Turkey criticized United States on Thursday for treating the commander of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces underlining continued tensions with Washington despite the end of its Syria... ..…
Turkey's into North began earlier this month, directed at Kurdish militias it says are linked to terrorism and its own Kurdish separatist movement.. Until recently, around 1,000 American soldiers were stationed with Kurdish fighters near the border, insulating them from Turkish..…
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