Turkey crackdown on Kurds
The latest escalation of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict started after peace talks between Ankara and the PKK failed in 2015. Turkey accuses the Kurds of terrorism, while they have been the main fighting force battling jihadists in Iraq and Syria on the ground in the US-led coalition’s campaign against Islamic State.
- Another Syria ‘fairy tale’: Lee Camp marvels as media re-brands US-backed ‘moderate rebels’ as Turkey-aligned militants
US-backed “moderate rebels” have been re-branded as barbarians now that they are leading Turkey’s assault on Kurdish militias in Syria. The narrative change exposes the media’s own fairy tales about Syria, Lee Camp said.Oct 27, 2019 07:21World News - How Russia’s military operation in Syria laid groundwork for Erdogan-Putin agreementPreparations for the events in northeastern Syria began around a year ago. Now, after the US dumped the Kurds, they have no choice but to abide by the Russian-Turkish memorandum.Oct 26, 2019 14:49
- ‘I saved you!’ Trump tells the same Kurds he left at Turkish forces’ mercy a fortnight agoThe withdrawal of American forces from north-eastern Syria left then-allies, the Kurds alone to face Turkey, who soon overran them at significant humanitarian cost – but to hypocritical Donald Trump, that was actually saving them.Oct 23, 2019 21:27
- Turkey to resume assault on Kurds in Syria with ‘more determination’ if US doesn’t keep its promises – ErdoganAnkara will step up its offensive against the Kurds in northeastern Syria if Washington fails to have the Kurdish fighters withdrawn by Tuesday evening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned.Oct 22, 2019 10:52World News
- ‘America is running away’: Irate Kurds pelt withdrawing US forces with vegetables (VIDEO)Enraged by the US withdrawal from northern Syria, residents of Qamishli pelted American troops with vegetables as they left the city, according to video shared by Kurdish news outlets on Monday.Oct 21, 2019 13:59World News
- ‘Tickets to the cemetery’ await ISIS fighters if they decide to return to Chechnya from Syria, Kadyrov warnsChechnya has trained special military units to deal with Islamic State militants if their Western ‘puppeteers’ decide to send them to Russia’s North Caucasus from Syria, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has warned.Oct 21, 2019 13:54Russia News
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