Turkey has launched an aerial and ground assault on northern Syria targeting Kurdish-controlled areas. The offensive began Wednesday, just days after President Trump ordered U.S. troops to fall back from their positions on the Turkish-Syrian border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports at least 16 Kurds have been killed so far. Turkey is claiming … Continued
Turkey has launched an aerial and ground assault on northern Syria targeting Kurdish-controlled areas. The offensive began Wednesday, just days after President Trump ordered U.S. troops to fall back from their positions on the Turkish-Syrian border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports at least 16 Kurds have been killed so far. Turkey is claiming … Continued
U.S. troops have begun withdrawing from northeast Syria as Turkey prepares to invade Kurdish-controlled areas of the country. For years, the Kurds have been close allies to the United States in the fight against ISIS. On Sunday, however, the White House released a statement that surprised many in the region, announcing that Turkey would be “moving … Continued
U.S. troops have begun withdrawing from northeast Syria as Turkey prepares to invade Kurdish-controlled areas of the country. For years, the Kurds have been close allies to the United States in the fight against ISIS. On Sunday, however, the White House released a statement that surprised many in the region, announcing that Turkey would be “moving … Continued
The planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria is widely seen as a green light for Turkey to invade Northern Syria. What will that mean for the socialist feminist Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, colloquially known as Rojava? Reflecting on this prospect, we listen to excerpts from my interviews with Sinam Mohamed, representative of the … Continued
The Kurds are the ultimate stateless people, living in a region spanning Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq. For decades leftwing Kurds struggled to create their own ethnic state. But in recent decades, the leadership of the Kurdish freedom movement embraced a form of anarchism, in which they rejected states altogether, and have been building such … Continued
Former Saudi Political Prisoner: Khashoggi’s Disappearance is Sending a Gruesome Message to Critics; Trump Admin. Hints It May Resume Family Separation at Border; ACLU Says “Public Outcry is Critical”; Vatican Canonizes Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, Who Was Killed by a U.S.- backed Death Squad.
Former Saudi Political Prisoner: Khashoggi’s Disappearance is Sending a Gruesome Message to Critics; Trump Admin. Hints It May Resume Family Separation at Border; ACLU Says “Public Outcry is Critical”; Vatican Canonizes Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, Who Was Killed by a U.S.- backed Death Squad.
Rashid Khalidi: The Israeli Security Establishment is Terrified of a Nonviolent Palestinian Movement; Moazzam Begg on Syria: A No-Fly Zone Is Needed Around Idlib to Prevent “Unprecedented” Massacre; Rashid Khalidi: Ending the Proxy Wars in Syria is Key to De-escalating Deadly Conflict; Former Gitmo Prisoner Moazzam Begg Explains How Torture & U.S.-Run Prisons Helped Give … Continued
Rashid Khalidi: The Israeli Security Establishment is Terrified of a Nonviolent Palestinian Movement; Moazzam Begg on Syria: A No-Fly Zone Is Needed Around Idlib to Prevent “Unprecedented” Massacre; Rashid Khalidi: Ending the Proxy Wars in Syria is Key to De-escalating Deadly Conflict; Former Gitmo Prisoner Moazzam Begg Explains How Torture & U.S.-Run Prisons Helped Give … Continued
