United States could then try to look for long-term opportunities to establish social, economic, and security bridges between its zone of control northern and Syria with Turkish zone northern and western Syria, and could create one U.S.- Turkish zone held outside of the..…
Manbij is held by Syria Democratic Forces, a US-backed outfit of mostly Kurdish militants . Turkish-backed Syria militants walk over rubble al-Bab, Syria, February 23, 2017 Additionally, OCHA estimated that 26,000 people have left their homes east of al-Bab, where Syrian..…
On August 24, 2016, Turkish air force and special ground forces kicked off Operation Euphrates Shield Syria in purported bid to support the Free Syrian Army militants and rid the area of Daesh terrorists and fighters from Kurdish People's Protection Units and Democratic Union Party .. ..…
Sergei Lavrov also said Ankara is using the slogan of the war against terror to suppress Kurds in its own territory and in neighboring Syria. . The Turkish military has conducted fresh airstrikes against what it described as PKK targets. ..…
Crater and damage caused by Syrian government forces shelling that hit Khirmash displaced persons camp in Syria on Turkey’s border on April 15, 2016. . © 2016 Private . ... Between April 12 and 19, 2016, Human Rights Watch interviewed 25 people who described how Turkish border guards..…
Turkey's closure is forcing women, children, the elderly, the sick, and the injured to run the gantlet of Turkish border officials to escape the horrors of Syria's war, said Gerry Simpson, researcher at Human Rights Watch.. Turkey's closure is forcing women, children, the elderly, the..…
More in Memorandum for the President by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity of Sept 6, 2013, that coordination meetings had taken place just weeks before the sarin attack at Turkish military Antakya, some 15 miles from the border with Syria.. ..…
If as Sy Hersh reports the U.S. government has evidence revealing collaboration between radical jihadists in Syria and Turkish intelligence, that should be revealed regardless of the political discomfort it might cause. . ..…
Rojava-Northern Syria . People of Amude protest against Turkish occupation . ..…
The Erdogan government is particularly enraged by US reliance on Kurdish nationalist forces in its proxy war in Syria. . Late last month, as the Turkish economy staggered and the lira plunged in currency markets, Berlin made clear that it would try to counteract Trump’s tariffs aimed at..…