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 […]
ESPER: U.S. WITHDRAWING TROOPS TO SOUTH OF TURKISH ADVANCE…
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. […]
Syria – Turkey Again Invades…
So it begins: “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that a Turkish military operation into Syria has started. Erdogan said on his official Twitter account Wednesday that the operation, named “Peace Spring,” has begun. He said the operation aims to eradicate “the threat of terror” against Turkey. Earlier, Turkish television reports said Turkish jets […]
Turkey’s Three-Stage Plan to Capture Northern Syria from Kurdish Militias, Lasting into 2020…
WAT?!!?: Syria Fuss Over Moving Fewer Than 25 U.S. Troops…
The change in U.S. policy in Syria that triggered a media storm on Monday involves the redeployment of fewer than 25 troops from the Turkish border to elsewhere in Syria, a State Department official was quoted as saying. The Times of Israel reported: “The United States has pulled back a “very small number” of troops […]