The US will still “maintain a presence” after troop pullout from NE Syria
Following the backlash from President Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from NE Syria, senior administration officials Friday night, Dec.
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Syrian Kurds
US anti-air missiles for Kurds to meet Turkish, Syrian threats
The US is supplying N. Syrian Kurds with man-portable air defense weapons MANPADs to counter Turkish war threats. Tensions around
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Russia Joins Turkey to Clobber Syrian Kurds in Efrin
In a double game typical of the players in the Syrian conflict, 150 Russian troops in armored personnel carriers drove
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Turkey Joins Iran’s Anti-US Ranks on Burning Regional Issues
Turkey, the Middle East’s perennial odd man out, has just jumped into bed with his latest significant other, Iran. Their
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Two Mid East leaders make no headway with Putin
Two close US allies, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, traveled to Moscow on Thursday and
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Obama hits Trump tie with Putin, Erdogan on Syria
Half a dozen long convoys of trucks carrying US arms, hurriedly put together by US military headquarters in Baghdad, have
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The Operation to Retake Raqqa from ISIS Is Still Far off
A Raqqa operation to drive the Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold is very much on US Defense Secretary Ashton
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Erdogan tells US: Stop backing the Kurds
US-Turkish discord over the Turkish army’s onslaught on the Kurds of northern Syria reached a new low Wednesday, Aug. 30,
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US, Russia trade blows in Syria on Kurds’ backs
The near-clash between US and Syrian warplanes over Kurdish Hassaka in northern Syrian Friday Aug. 19 sprung out of the
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Why Does America Shirk Smashing the Raqqa Global Terror Hub?
Since its capture on Jan. 13, 2014, the northern Syrian town of Raqqa on the banks of the Euphrates has
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