Turkey plans ‘to extend the dagger’ in Syria
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/07/2017 - 3:44pmTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratcheted up the threats the other day.
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With friends like this, who needs enemies?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 07/19/2017 - 12:59pmIt's not a secret that NATO ally Turkey has been unhappy with our aiding and arming the Syrian Kurds.
Speaking of "not a secret", our troop locations are no longer secrets either.
Turkey ramps up to attack the Syrian Kurds
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 07/08/2017 - 12:43pmThe Battle of Mosul should end in the next day or two.
The Battle of Raqqa is proceeding according to expectations.
Post-ISIS Syria Mess
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 07/01/2017 - 7:26pmEarlier today a jihadi rebel group in southern Syria accused the Damascus government of a chemical weapons attack.
U.S. alliances in Syria shift as ISIS fades
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 06/26/2017 - 1:01pmIt wasn't a surprise that Turkey was upset with the Trump Administration's decision to arm the Syrian Kurdish rebels. What they may not have anticipated is just how upset Turkey is.
The Dangerous Syrian Proxy War
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 04/28/2017 - 4:08pmThe Syrian civil war was always a proxy war between outside military powers, but this week the proxy element became much larger and much more dangerous.
For example, today are forces are rushing to the Syrian-Turkish border to try to stop our two allies from shooting each other.
Turkey on the verge of going to war with Syrian Kurds
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 11:59amTurkey has bombed northern Iraq every once in a while for decades.
This is different.
Turkish troops now killing Syrian troops
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 2:16pmA couple weeks ago I pointed out that the situation at Manbij was a powerkeg. It's only gotten more volatile since then.
Manbij Again
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 02/25/2017 - 1:42pmThe bloody 3.5 month siege of al-Bab by Turkish-backed forces, that ended with the defeat of ISIS this week, went on so long that most people have forgotten the original reason why Turkey invaded Syria - to fight the Kurds.
Regime Change: Turkey and Israel Invasions of Syria and Rojava
Submitted by Alex Ocana on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 10:13amThe past couple of days the propaganda campaign against Syria and Kurdish Syrians has been on overdrive. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Atlantic Council have all issued reports accusing both Syria and Rojava (Northern Syria) of war crimes. Trump is now becoming the biggest cheerleader for regime change and extended perpetual war.
