All the news today is about Turkey attacking Afrin, a Kurdish governed city in northern Syria and threatening another Kurdish run city named Manbj. This is a very dangerous situation and another devastating assault on the Syrian people who have already suffered so much from a war that that was started by foreign manipulation and …
Tag: Turkey
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Jan 23 2018
A Brief Analysis of the Turkish Invasion of Syria
Behind the Headlines: Turkish F-16s attack the Kurdish held city of Afrin in Syria ~photo from Ruptley
by Judith Bello
All the news today is about Turkey attacking Afrin, a Kurdish governed city in northern Syria and threatening another Kurdish run city named Manbj. This is a very dangerous situation and another devastating assault …
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Nov 06 2015
US Alliance With Syrian Kurds Can be Costly
The US media has made a very big point that the Kurds are the only viable force on the ground in Syria capable of fighting ISIS. This is a convenient half truth. In fact, the strongest force on the ground in Syria is the Syrian Arab Army, which is often portrayed as a kind of personal militia of the President. This is far from the truth. The Syrian army is a national army drawn from the population and tasked with protecting the people, and they have fought the longest war to save their nation. The US determination to delegitimize Syrian President Bashar Assad has led to some very distorted analysis of events on the ground as well as poorly framed battle plans and unstable alliances.
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