Posts Tagged: Kurdish forces
US Pulls Out of Two More Bases in Syria, Worrying Kurdish Forces
US forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting Reuters reporters found, accelerating a troop drawdown that the commander of US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces said was allowing a resurgence of Islamic State. Reuters reporters who...
Russia Reinforces Syrian Area Where Turkey-Backed Fighters Have Clashed With Kurdish Forces
Russia said late on Sunday it had sent more military police to an area in northern Syria where fighters backed by Turkey have clashed with...
State Media: Pro-Assad Militias to Enter Syria’s Afrin Region
Militias allied to the Syrian government will enter the Afrin region, Syrian media reported on Monday, after a Kurdish official said a deal had been...
Erdogan Says Turkey Will Crush Kurdish Militia in Afrin
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's military incursion in northern Syria's Idlib province would crush Kurdish militia forces that control the neighboring region...
Pentagon Says ISIS ‘Dead Set’ on Using Chemical Weapons in Iraq
Part of the Islamic State terror group’s plan to turn the northern Iraqi city of Mosul into “hell on earth” could well include a barrage...
US, Turkey Force Kurds to Retreat From Northern Syria Amid Fight Against ISIS
Turkey's US-backed push into northern Syria Wednesday was aimed at ISIS, but also sent the Kurds --Ankara's nemesis and an American ally -- retreating east...
U.S. Starts Arming Kurdish Forces Fighting Islamic State Militants in Iraq
Daily Mail - The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in northern...
Islamic State Militants Kidnap Hundreds of Women in Iraq
Sky News - Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Islamist militants, Iraq's government has said. Kamil Amin, a spokesman...
