The curious episode earlier this week of President Erdogan rebuffing Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s request to return Afrin to Damascus’ control was nothing more than
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Turkey ‘To Launch Wider Offensive Against Kurds’ After Taking Afrin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening to follow up the capture of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin by launching an across-the-board military offensive against
The FSA’s Victory in Afrin Exposed Alt-Media’s Fake News about Syria
According to a wide range of Alt-Media outlets and pundits, Operation Olive Branch has been nothing but defeat followed by defeat for President Erdogan’s FSA
While the World Looks Away, Civilians in Afrin are Being Slaughtered
On a green hillside in Afrin in northern Syria, Arab militiamen allied to the Turkish army which invaded this Kurdish enclave seven weeks ago have
Unity vs. “Decentralization”: The True Meaning of Syria’s Manbij
A Kurdish representative from the American-backed “Syrian Democratic Forces” informed Sputnik last week that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) might take control of Manbij, which
Is the US Secretly Behind Thousands of SDF Militants Heading Towards Afrin to Fight Turkey?
I’d like to begin with a disclaimer. This piece is one part thought exercise and one part speculative. It it is no way to be
Trump and Assad are on the Same Side in Afrin
The independent convergence of American and Syrian interests against Turkey’s anti-terrorist campaign is coincidental and doesn’t imply a “conspiracy”, but it’s also instructive in the
Syria, Turkey, Russia and the Kurds: the Struggle for Afrin
The complexities of the fighting in Afrin have – unsurprisingly – confounded most people, to the points where understanding of what is actually going on
