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The Syria carve-up creates a de-facto Israel-Turkey border ensuring a broader ME war
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The Syria carve-up creates a de-facto Israel-Turkey border ensuring a broader ME war
January 9, 2025

Israeli military forces have moved to within 15 miles of the Syrian Capital of Damascus. The IDF has seized large tracts of land in southern Syria it intends to occupy and where it will eventually build checkpoints, military outposts and settlements. The “lightening” invasion has been accompanied by a massive bombing campaign that has obliterated numerous military bases, weapons depots and research labs eliminating any hope that Syria will regain the ability to defend itself or to reestablish its sovereign independence.

Iraqi mediation efforts between Turkey and Syria
June 3, 2024

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on May 31, his government was working on reconciliation between Ankara and Damascus.

Iraqi mediation efforts between Turkey and Syria
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Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and U.S. Sanctions
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Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and U.S. Sanctions
August 9, 2023

The U.S. has strangled the Syrian civilians with years of sanctions which have prevented pharmacies and hospitals from ordering special medicines from U.S. and European manufacturers.

U.S. Declares War on Turkish Tourism Economy
February 7, 2023

The U.S. State Department has issued warnings and threats to Erdogan if he follows through on his plan to have a neighborly relationship with Syria.

U.S. Declares War on Turkish Tourism Economy
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American Forces Needlessly Caught in Turkish Crossfire
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American Forces Needlessly Caught in Turkish Crossfire
December 4, 2022

After a terrorist attack in Istanbul killed six and wounded 81, Turkey retaliated, launching a fierce air campaign against targets it claimed to be Kurdish militias in northern Iraq and Syria supporting the PKK. Whether Erdogan will stop there remains unclear as he threatens Turkey’s fourth ground incursion into Northern Syria since 2016 – a threat he has made without follow through since May 2022.

Greece Follows a Two-Faced Policy Toward Turkey
September 16, 2022

Greece designates the PKK as a terrorist organization, which is the same classification as ISIS. And yet, Greece protects and shelters a group who have slaughtered thousands of men, women, and children of their next-door neighbor.

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The Secrets of the Syrian War: the Kurdish Factor
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The Secrets of the Syrian War: the Kurdish Factor
July 24, 2017

…The leaders of the Syrian Kurds must now grapple with the enormous responsibility of making a fateful decision for their people. They can either refrain from throwing obstacles in Damascus’s way, helping to build a new version of the state in which they will have far more rights than they used to have in Syria, or they can choose the opposite path, doing the bidding of what Robert Ford has called the «immoral» foreign politicians and embark on adventures that will end with them losing everything they have gained.

President Trump Orders to Arm Syrian Kurds
May 13, 2017

The US Defense Department announced on May 9 that President Donald Trump had authorized arming the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of rebel fighters led – by the United States in Syria, which includes the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) as its main element. The package is to include small arms, machine guns, construction equipment and armored vehicles among the provisions. The decision was taken to boost the SDF firepower before the offensive to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa – the unofficial capital of the Islamic State (IS) group…

President Trump Orders to Arm Syrian Kurds
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