Posts Tagged: Syria Kurds
Trump Lauds Relations With Erdogan, as Turkish Strongman Visits White House
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded his relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the leaders met to overcome mounting differences between the...
Erdogan Says Turkey Will Not Leave Syria Until Other Countries Pull Out
Turkey will not leave Syria until other countries pull out, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday, and Ankara will continue its...
Implications of the US Withdrawal From Syria
On the morning of October 24, 1973, the Israeli ambassador in Washington was summoned for an urgent discussion with White House Chief of Staff Gen....
Putin’s Nefarious Polices Are Not New
The multipolar world, the pivot to China, the freeing of Russia from a Eurocentric foreign policy, the building of a liberal empire -- these are...
A Strategic Israeli View of the Turkish Campaign Against the Kurds
In light of recent regional events in general, and the Turkish invasion of Syria in particular, Israel needs to reconsider the underlying strategic rationale not...
Turkey Says Kurdish YPG Still in Syria Border Area as Deadline Looms
Kurdish YPG forces have still not fully withdrawn from a strip of land in northeast Syria from which Ankara says they must leave, Turkey's defense minister...
Iran Views US Withdrawal From Syria as an Opportunity
JNS.org - Amid the fast-paced violent developments unfolding in northeast Syria, Iran remains a central actor in the area, and it likely views the withdrawal...
More Russian Military Police Arrive in Syria Under Peace Deal With Turkey
Around 300 more Russian military police have arrived in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, under an accord between Ankara and Moscow which halted...
Russia Warns Syrian Kurdish YPG to Pull Back as Its Forces Move In
Russian military police arrived in the strategic Syrian city of Kobani on Wednesday as Moscow warned Kurdish YPG forces that they face further armed conflict with...
Shells Still Fall in Northeast Syria Despite Pause Agreement
Shelling could be heard at the Syrian-Turkish border on Friday morning despite a five-day ceasefire agreed between Turkey and the United States, and Washington said the...
Turkey Agrees With US to Pause Syria Assault While Kurds Withdraw
Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its offensive in Syria for five days to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a "safe zone" Ankara had sought...
After Trump’s Syria Betrayal, Can Jews or Anyone Really Trust Him?
For many American Jews, a candidate’s attitude and policy positions on Israel are important, and for some, it is the one issue that determines their...
US Pulls Back Troops in Northeast Syria, Opening Way to Turkish Attack
The United States began pulling troops back from the northeast Syria border on Monday, opening the way for a Turkish strike on Kurdish-led forces long allied to...
Syrian Kurdish Official: Damascus Talks Going Nowhere, Russia to Blame
Efforts to forge a political deal between Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria and the Syrian government are at a standstill and President Bashar-al Assad's ally...
