Secret negotiations are ongoing in Moscow and Damascus between representatives of the Syrian Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Russian officials concerning the fate of Kurdish
Tag: Syria
The US Five-Point ‘Non-Paper’ for Syria Delivered by Bolton to Turkey
US diplomats and military officials failed to present any specific details to their Turkish counterparts about Washington’s plans to withdraw its forces from northern Syria
Trump’s Hail Mary Becomes Bolton’s Nightmare
National Security Advisor John Bolton is making the rounds in the Middle East to try and salvage what’s left of the long-standing plan to balkanize
Syrian and US Armies Now Both Protecting Kurdish-Held North From NATO Turkey
The war in Syria has seen quite a few interesting alignments. At one point the CIA-backed Islamists rebels were clashing with the Pentagon-trained SDF. At
Trump Retreats from His Promise of Withdrawal While al-Qaeda Makes Progress in Syria
Al-Nusra front – al-Qaeda rebranded as HTS (Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham) – is expanding its influence and military control over entire Syrian cities and villages in
With Golan at Stake, Netanyahu, Bolton Set Trump Straight on US Syria Withdrawal Plan
The state of Israel seems to share at least some of the responsibility for the latest shift of U.S. Syria policy — as National Security
Peace for Syria or a New Kurdistan as a Regional Stabilizing Factor
The US will withdraw her troops from Syria. Will they really? – Let’s take Trump at his word, just for argument’s sake. Though in the
From “Bring Our Troops Home” to “Sykes-Picot on Acid”: Neocons Get Their Way on Trump’s Syria Policy
Since it was announced a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria has now — unsurprisingly – morphed from
