The Secretary of Defense is carrying out orders from President Donald Trump to move US forces in Syria to move south of Turkey’s attacks against Kurds, but not leave that conflict-wracked country. “I spoke with the president last night after discussions with the rest national security team and he directed that we begin a deliberate […]
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The Turkish Attack on Rojava: Iran Is No Longer the U.S. Target in Syria…
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ABC News Busted Using Gun Range Footage to Report Turkish ‘Slaughter’ of Kurd Civilians…
ESPER: U.S. WITHDRAWING TROOPS TO SOUTH OF TURKISH ADVANCE…
Lindsey Graham Dishes on Trump in Hoax Calls with Russians…
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has in the last year become something of a congressional point man for President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Turkey, leading discussions on everything from Ankara’s purchase of a Russian missile system over the summer to their more recent incursion into northern Syria. So when he received a call from a man […]
Turkey and the Kurds: It’s More Complicated Than You Think by Andrew C. McCarthy…
How Obama’s Team Set Up Trump’s Syrian Dilemma by Michael Doran…
Turkey Has Legitimate Grievances Against the U.S…
President Trump’s critics see his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria as the product of a dangerous impulsiveness that ignores strategic realities. They argue that it betrays the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, the Kurdish force that helped the U.S. defeat Islamic State, while rewarding a dangerous autocrat, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. […]