Once other countries even covertly begin supporting the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey, there will be no turning back. by Michael Rubin Modern Turkey arose nearly one hundred years ago against the […]
Swiss court approves extradition of PKK recruiter to Germany A PKK militant stands at a barricade in Diyarbakir, southeast Turkey (2016). Keystone Switzerland’s highest court says it has approved the extradition […]
Moving forces into northern Iraq is the president’s third major military incursion against the Kurds since 2016 Ahmed Aboudouh @AAboudouh Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and army commanders follow the operation in northern Iraq at Air Force Command Control Center in Ankara ( Turkish Ministry of Defense Pres ) The Independent employs reporters around the […]
A total of 200 prisoners, most of whom are Daesh terrorists, were released from prisons by the YPG/PKK in Syria’s Hasakah and Raqqa provinces after some Arab tribes vouched for […]
Source: Arab News By Abdulrahman Al-Rashed The Syrian war, which began nine years ago, marks the first time that Turkey’s air force and artillery has targeted Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias. Turkish F-16 fighter jets or drones would not have entered Syrian airspace — where Syrian, Iranian and Russian […]
ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Published 16.12.2019 The U.S. has sent a group of experts to Syria’s biggest oil field in Deir el-Zour, a province currently under the occupation of the YPG/PKK […]
Making life impossible for a civilian population can take other effective but less dramatic forms than the use of white phosphorus or roadside killings Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Mass expulsion or […]
Despite all evidence to the contrary, the Syrian Democratic Forces kept their title unquestioned until the Turks invaded Syria, when they were suddenly transformed into ‘Kurdish forces’ who had been […]
Related video: Donald Trump suggests he has no problem with President Erdogan being ‘tough’ on the Kurds How can the EU stand idly by while Turkey conducts such vile business […]
The Turkish president, who always championed Turkey’s ‘zero-problems’ policy with its neighbours, has ended up kicking off what has become a ‘zero-peace’ reality Ahmed Aboudouh @Abodou7 Turkish president Recep Tayyip […]
By Euronews with Reuters• last updated: 10/10/2019 – 14:42 Turkey has launched a military operation into northeastern Syria, in what it says is an offensive aimed at eliminating a […]
We are already on the downslope leading to the ethnic cleansing of up to 2 million Kurds in the vast triangle of land which they call Rojava in northeast Syria […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL Published 22.07.2019 U.S. Central Command’s Gen. Kenneth McKenzie met with the top commander of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the Syrian affiliate of the […]
May 26 2019 Following years of all out war against the country’s Kurds, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is sticking a wedge between the Kurdish voters and the main […]
DAILY SABAH ANKARA Published13.04.2019 US military convoy follows YPG forces as a sign of years-long cooperation, Dec. 20, 2018. Reports revealed that Saudi Arabia and the UAE have provided financial […]
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Published January 15, 2019 Despite threatening economic sanctions against the Turks on Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump still remains committed to withdrawing from Syria and working together […]
By THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF Mr. Trump’s tweets threatened to upend negotiations between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Turkish counterpart, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton’s remarks regarding the PKK’s Syrian offshoot People’s Protection Units (YPG) are unacceptable, and Turkey cannot accept the U.S.’ […]
The national security adviser was accused of making a “serious mistake” in calling for a new condition for the U.S. exit from Syria. National Security Advisor John Bolton announces there […]
By Reuters – Dec 27,2018 -JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Alarmed by a US decision to leave Syria, Kurdish leaders who run much of the north are urging Russia and […]
