All posts tagged "Kurds"

“Sykes-Picot On Acid”: US Considering Syria Partition Plan Amidst Troop Exit

The US doesn't want pro-Turkish forces to slaughter the Kurds, but neither does the US want the Kurds to strike a deal with Assad.

Facing immense pressure, Trump doubles down on Syria decision (Video)

The Duran – News in Review – Episode 160

Is Turkey gearing up to invade Syria and wipe out the Kurds? (Video)

The Duran Quick Take: Episode 47.

Hellenic Insider11 months ago

Trump Pulls Troops Out of Syria in Desperate Attempt to Save His Presidency, Causing Geopolitical Earthquake

Erdogan wants to eliminate the SDF, and until now, the only thing that stood in his way was the US military presence.

Latest5 months ago

Turkey sentences ex-British soldier to 8 years in prison for joining YPG in Syria

Turkey has sentenced an ex-British soldier to nearly eight years in prison for joining the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria.

Latest9 months ago

Kurdish YPG to get backing from the Saudis

Erdogan is probably wishes he'd just stayed out of the whole mess by now

Latest11 months ago

Aggression against Greece by Turkey shows Muslim leader’s true colors

Erdogan refuses to back down from threatening Greek islands and Cypriot interests - What kind of EU or NATO partner nation is this?

Aggression against Greece by Turkey shows Muslim leader's true colors

Erdogan refuses to back down from threatening Greek islands and Cypriot interests - What kind of EU or NATO partner nation is this?

News11 months ago

US War Plans: Kurdish land bridge to Israel?

Russia, Turkey and the United States have come to a tacit agreement that the final settlement of the Syrian civil war will include population transfers, where...

Latest11 months ago

Turkey’s Erdogan parades around his newly captured US weapons in Syria

Turkish army now has US weapons abandoned by YPG "terrorists" in Afrin.

Latest12 months ago

Syria update: Syrian army advances in East Ghouta; Turkish army advances in Afrin

Syrian and Turkish army advances strengthen the positions in the conflict of both Damascus and Ankara

Latest12 months ago

Syria, Turkey, Russia and the Kurds: the struggle for Afrin

Russia tries to broker a diplomatic solution to the Afrin conflict

Rex Tillerson expected to face off with Erdogan

Turkey's hatred of American alliance with Syrian Kurds has led to threats against US troops in Syria

US supporting illegal Israeli offensive in Syria

Israel attacking Syrian government forces in Syria is its inherent right to defend its territory and people, says Washington

Vladimir Putin initiates call with Erdogan amid possibility of renewed fighting in Syria

Deteriorating situation in Syria prompts urgent talks between Russian and Turkish leaders amidst suggestions of a summit with Iran

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Russia retaliates for shot down jet over US-backed rebel area of Syria

Al-Nusra known to be one of the forces controlling Idlib province; Russians retaliate with precision strike, killing an estimated 30 militants

The US and Turkey inch closer to war in Syria

Will Erdogan be crazy enough to start a regional battle against both the US and Russia on Syrian soil?

Russia’s role in Afrin depends on Turkey’s true intentions

The embattled Syrian province has become a thorny issue as Turkey and the Kurds struggle for control

First sign of end to Afrin crisis as Kurds call on Assad for help

As Turkish offensive bogs down in Afrin and with policy chaos in Washington route opens for Moscow to broker a compromise

America’s rotten Syria policy now risks war with its own NATO ally Turkey

Rotten foreign policy risks war between the USA and its own NATO ally Turkey, or the gaining of a new enemy in the betrayed Kurdish fighters...

Sowing war and chaos: US continues meddling in Syria through the Kurds

Doubling down on the fixation with ousting Assad produces another US foreign policy disaster

Erdogan takes on US border forces in Syria: “We will destroy all terror nests, one by one”

A US-Turkish Clash in Syria?

Russian jury still out on Turkey’s Afrin offensive

Turkey plans military intervention in a region of Syria controlled by the Kurds

Putin’s Syrian withdrawal announcement: neither a full Russian withdrawal nor victory in Syria

Putin's withdrawal announcement does not spell the end of Russian involvement in Syria or signal the end of the war in Syria

US to have no role in liberating Syria’s Idlib Governorate

Russia's Foreign Minister has said that any US presence in Idlib would be "counterproductive".

Washington’s erstwhile allies the Kurds have found a new patron: Russia

The Kurds recognize that in the Middle East, there's a new sheriff in town

Turkey is no longer a US ally

Turkey has made it clear that its interests are linked to those of Russia and Iran, while the US is seen as a common threat that...

Russian MoD says Kurdish forces will protect Russian servicemen in eastern Syria

In addition, joint Russian Kurdish operations are expected to totally liberate the whole of Syria east of the Euphrates

New Russia-Kurdish agreement is good for Syria and for Turkey

Russia has mastered the final diplomatic frontier among competing factions in the Syrian peace process.

Russia and Syrian Kurds to conduct joint operations, establish headquarters

The Russian military has announced it will set up a joint headquarters with the YPG in the city of Deir Ezzor

Pro-US Kurdish militants will not participate in Syria peace talks – Turkish diplomatic sources

The issue of the Kurdish question in respect of the forthcoming Syrian National Dialogue Congress has been partly solved.