Turkey Begins Offensive on Kurdish-Held Syrian Territory

Turkey Begins Offensive on Kurdish-Held Syrian Territory

Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-held northeastern Syria began on Wednesday, as air strikes and artillery pounded areas along the Syrian-Turkish border. Ankara’s defence ministry also announced the start of a ground offensive east of the Euphrates later on Wednesday. The bombardment left two people dead and wounded two others in Mishrafa, local journalist Roj Mussa told Middle East…

Worried for Kurds in Syria, Abandoned by US? Solution That will Washington Hawks MAD

Worried for Kurds in Syria, Abandoned by US? Solution That will Washington Hawks MAD

US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out US troops from northern Syria has been met with bipartisan outrage, calling it a “betrayal” of the Kurds. Wait till the regime-changers hear the obvious solution to keep them safe. As some two dozen US troops stationed in northwestern Syria began to withdraw on Monday, reports began…

Donald Trump, Alone Against All

Donald Trump, Alone Against All

Donald Trump’s main campaign commitment to end the offensive Rumsfeld/Cebrowski military strategy and replace it with a policy of Jacksonian cooperation is met with strong internal US and external opposition from US allies. More than ever, the President appears alone, absolutely alone, in the face of the transatlantic political class. It was all a foregone…