It is not against what US is, but what US does
By: Kiliç Buğra Kanat* The reaction to the U.S. in Turkey is not about the U.S.’s way of life or its values, it is what the U.S. does not do as an ally of Turkey [ More … ]
By: Kiliç Buğra Kanat* The reaction to the U.S. in Turkey is not about the U.S.’s way of life or its values, it is what the U.S. does not do as an ally of Turkey [ More … ]
The head of Syrian Kurdish National Council has accused the PYD – the Syrian arm of the terrorist PKK – of confiscating medicines sent by Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to people wounded in a [ More … ]
Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition targeting areas in Syria controlled by the Islamic State group killed at least 15 civilians on Monday, two Syrian activist groups said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said [ More … ]
Heavy clashes erupted on Monday between Asayish forces, predominately YPG-forces controlling areas in Hasaka, and Assad regime forces, sources said. The sources added that the clashes left many killed and injured in al-Qamishli to the [ More … ]
ISIS on Saturday pushed back U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces, Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), trying to advance into their stronghold of Manbij for the first time since a major offensive to capture the city. After clashes described [ More … ]
U.S.-backed Syrian forces, which consists essentially of Kurdish militias, fought Islamic State militants on Thursday inside the city of Manbij for the first time since they laid siege to the group’s stronghold near the Turkish [ More … ]
Assad regime said on Wednesday that German special forces were present, alongside French and American military personnel, in northern Syria, an accusation denied by Germany. SANA news agency,Assad regime state media, reported that dozens of German [ More … ]
Iran has over several decades established militias in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. In Iraq, it secured ample public support and easy access to move arms and troops. This luxury will not last forever. Iraq [ More … ]
U.S.-backed militias in Syria have surrounded the Islamic State-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press an offensive against the militants near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday. [ More … ]
Thousands of Syrian fighters supported by a small U.S. special operations team launched a major offensive last week to drive Islamic State from the “Manbij pocket”, further east near the Turkish border, which Islamic State [ More … ]
The Assad regime’s army advanced into Raqqa province, the capital of Islamic State terrorist group, after a major Russian-backed offensive against the militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday. The offensive is [ More … ]
Since Friday it is obvious to everyone: Syrian rebels can not defend the northern pocket around the towns of Azaz and Marea by themselves. Too strong and too determined are terrorists from the so-called “Islamic [ More … ]
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