Notwithstanding President Donald Trump’s announcement of the deal with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to tactically withdraw US forces from specific locations in occupied
Tag: Syria
Betrayal of the Kurds, Trump Joins His Predecessors, but Why?
America has done little but betray the Kurdish people, over and over. You see, you can only betray someone that trusts you and the Kurds,
Kurdish Soldiers Always Feared Trump Would be a Treacherous Ally
In a field beside a disused railway station on the plain just south of the Syrian-Turkish frontier, a brigade of Syrian Kurdish soldiers were retraining
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
Cynical Enterprises: The Kurds Await Their Fate
Big powers, as with the greatest of gangsters, have always had a certain, indulgent luxury; their prerogative is to make promises they can choose to
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
Are These the Five Tweets That Change the World?
Over the weekend I asked whether Donald Trump had risen to the level of Grey Champion. A few days later Trump takes to Twitter and puts
Between Washington’s Rock & Ankara’s Hard Place, Kurds had Better Choose Damascus
Being half an Irishman myself I feel entitled to refer to the probably apocryphal answer given by an Irishman asked by a lost, weary, traveler
