Debts will have to be paid for the casualties of this war, and some soldiers are becoming rather too over-confident Robert Fisk Hama, Syria @indyvoices Thursday 1 February 2018 A […]
Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Russian-brokered Sochi “peace conference” on Syria dubbed as the Syrian Congress of National Dialogue held on Tuesday was off to a disappointing start and ended […]
By AFP – Jan 30,2018 – Syrian Kurds mourn during a funeral of civilians and fighters from the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units who were killed in battles in Syria’s border region of Afrin on Monday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — Kurdish forces trying to fend off a deadly Turkish offensive […]
Exclusive: While the Kurds try to persuade you of their potential loyalty to Syria and disclaim any connection to the rest of Kurdish Syria and the Iraqi Kurds – clearly […]
Exclusive: In part three of his Inside Syria series, and the first Western media report from Afrin since the start of the Turkish offensive, Robert Fisk shows just how ‘surgical’ is the […]
Exclusive: All around Sinjar and its broken villages, there is mud. Tanks and guns always turn soil into brown liquid which quickly becomes bog Robert Fisk Sinjar, Northern Syria @indyvoices […]
Posted on January 23, 2018 by michaellee2009 Philip Giraldi • The Donald Trump administration is planning to install a 30,000 strong armed “security force” in northern Syria along the […]
By Reuters – Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Turkish armoured vehicles move towards Hassa district of Hatay, Turkey, as part of the ‘Operation Olive Branch’ on Sunday (Anadolu Agency photo) […]
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Turkey’s military intervention in the northern Syrian city of Afrin under the code name “Olive Branch” will certainly complicate the already complicated conflict in Syria. Ankara has been threatening all along to strike at the so-called Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) deployed along its southern border with […]
Source: BBC News Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria. The BBC’s Mark Lowen explains why – and why now. Original Source
Source: BBC News Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish positions in northern Syria, in a move likely to cause tensions with the US. Turkey wants to oust […]
Syria cannot countenance Kurdish presence on its territory and Turkey cannot tolerate a Kurdish enclave along its southern border, however secular, liberal and socialist it claims (not without reason) to be Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices Thursday 18 January 2018 Colonel Thomas Veale has had the unenviable task of […]
Menekse Tokyay | Published — Monday 15 January 2018 ANKARA: Turkey reacted with undisguised anger on Sunday to plans by the US-led coalition against Daesh to establish a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published January 8, 2018 A few days after a photo of him gazing through a gym window went viral, Muhammad Khaled, a Syrian boy who works as […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Russia said on Monday its naval and air bases in Syria were attacked using drones on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported. The Russian Defense Ministry said there were no casualties or damage as a result of the attacks, which involved […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A Syrian man making a living by collecting recyclable garbage in an eastern Turkish city was hailed for taking gold jewelry he found in a dumpster to […]
Dec 30,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi Seasoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that the US must withdraw its remaining soldiers from Syria, estimated to be no more than 2,000 deployed in and around the recently liberated Raqqa region, now that the war against Daesh has ended. Fair enough. Russian President Vladamir Putin has deployed […]
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KAYSERI, Turkey (AP) — Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up […]
By Emma Vardy BBC News 11 December 2017 A military ceremony has been held in Syria for two Britons killed with the Kurdish-led armed group the YPG. Jac Holmes, from […]
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on December 11, 2017 Patient diplomacy: UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a meeting with the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) in […]