The Recovery of Idlib Under the Syrian Government: Still Too Early to Achieve? 2/2

The Recovery of Idlib Under the Syrian Government: Still Too Early to Achieve? 2/2

Throughout the war with Syria, Turkey has taken an active part in destabilising the country. Erdogan has facilitated the flow of thousands of foreigners who later formed ISIS foreign fighters’ units. He has also facilitated logistic support to the terror group, the transport of stolen oil and resupplying the terror group. Moreover, Turkey helped al-Qaeda…

The Recovery of Idlib Under the Syrian Government: Still Too Early to Achieve? 1/2

The Recovery of Idlib Under the Syrian Government: Still Too Early to Achieve? 1/2

The outcome of the Astana 12 meeting in Nour Sultan in Kazakhstan was generally described as positive by the leading countries concerned. However, little was achieved towards the return of the northern Syrian city of Idlib to the control of the central government in Damascus. The constitutional committee (the various parties in Astana) widely discussed…

The Idlib Illusion Is Finally Being Dispelled

The Idlib Illusion Is Finally Being Dispelled

Alt-Media has gotten in the habit of getting their audience’s hopes up about the supposedly “imminent” liberation of Idlib by playing to their political fantasies (and even in some cases, Turkophobia) and grossly misportraying the Syrian Arab Army’s anti-terrorist incursions in the “de-escalation zone” as something that they aren’t, though one of the biggest peddlers…

US Forces Will Stay in Syria: Complicated Negotiations with Kurds as Syria Prepares for an Idlib Offensive

US Forces Will Stay in Syria: Complicated Negotiations with Kurds as Syria Prepares for an Idlib Offensive

Washington declared it won’t fully withdraw its troops from Syria but will leave “400 peace keeping forces”, making these soldiers an official occupation force since the last ISIS stronghold is about to be freed. This new situation leaves the US and European allies without any cloak of legality, since the pretext of counterterrorism is no longer…

Syria – Turkey Fails in Idleb, Is Unwilling to Take the Northeast

Syria – Turkey Fails in Idleb, Is Unwilling to Take the Northeast

The neoconservatives in the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Advisor John Bolton and the Syria envoy James Jeffery, are scrambling to save their plans for Syria that President Trump disposed of when he ordered a complete retreat. Those plans were for a permanent U.S. occupation of northeast Syria, the reduction of…