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Is Trump More Concerned With Erdoğan Relationship Than With Kurdish Lives?
After meeting with Vice President Mike Pence in Ankara on Thursday, Turkish officials agreed to temporarily pause Turkey’s invasion of the Rojava autonomous region in northeast Syria in exchange for...
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Pentagon Chief Says US Forces Leaving Syria Are Shifting to Iraq
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that he is “bringing soldiers home” from Syria as Turkey continues its deadly military operation there, but Pentagon chief Mark Esper undermined the president’s...
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As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey’s War Crimes, the UN Must Act
Nearly two weeks have passed since Turkey launched its ground and air attack on Rojava, the autonomous region of northeast Syria, following Trump’s sudden removal of 1,000 U.S. troops from the area....
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Trump Brings the Troops Home… to Iraq
“He does what he says he is going to do.” This is the line I’ve heard time and again from Donald Trump’s supporters in their seemingly endless quest to defend the indefensible. “He keeps his promises.”...
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Turkish Invasion of Syria Is Latest Chapter in History of US Betraying Kurds
Janine Jackson: As we record on October 17, Turkey continues its offensive in northern Syria, a move seen as greenlighted by Donald Trump’s early October removal of some US troops from the area....
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How the Reckless Use of US Military Power Caused Today’s Syrian Kurdish Crisis
President Trump has announced sanctions will be lifted on Turkey as a ceasefire remains in place in northern Syria, where Turkey invaded earlier this month after Trump withdrew U.S. troops. On Tuesday...
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Violence Erupts in Northeast Syria After Trump Touts “Ceasefire”
Violence continued in the Rojava autonomous region in northeast Syria on Thursday, shortly after President Trump pledged that a ceasefire announced by Turkey would likely be “permanent.” Russian...
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Trump Shows Disturbing Glee in Recounting Gory Details of ISIS Leader’s Death
President Donald Trump’s announcement Sunday morning that the U.S. military killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria on Saturday night was peppered with glorifications of the violence...
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ISIS Grew Out of US Invasion of Iraq. What Will Happen Next?
President Trump announced Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. special forces raid on his compound in northwestern Syria. According to Trump, al-Baghdadi detonated an...
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Chomsky: Trump’s Actions on Syria Reflect the Foreign Policy of a Con Man
Donald Trump’s handling of U.S. foreign policy with Syria has baffled and angered both the diplomatic and military establishments in the United States. Nonetheless, he continues to maintain power as...
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With Turkey’s Invasion, Trump Helped Create Humanitarian Catastrophe
In this interview, professor of politics and international studies Stephen Zunes of the University of San Francisco argues that the U.S. and Turkey are indeed responsible for the Kurds’ slaughter. He...
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In Discussing “Withdrawals,” Don’t Forget US’s Vast Military Base Empire
They called it Castle Black, an obvious homage to the famed frozen citadel from the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the fantasy world of GoT, it’s the stronghold of the Night’s Watch, the French Foreign...
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Trump Met With Turkey’s Dictator to Distract From Impeachment
With impeachment hearings underway in the House, President Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday to address simmering tensions between the U.S. and its longtime NATO ally....
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International Solidarity With the Kurds Energizes Revolution on the Ground
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan flew into Washington, D.C., on November 14, to meet with Donald Trump, anti-fascist and international solidarity activists were flooding into the streets in...
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Chomsky: Prosecution of Assange Reflects “Extreme” Use of State Power
Without whistleblowers and investigative journalism, governments are free to abuse their power and keep the population in the dark about the atrocities they commit, not only to others, but also to the...
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Migrant Women and Girls Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change
Into the late afternoon hours, the blistering light gave way to soft, horizontal rays that crisscrossed over Lebanon’s Beqaa valley. The rays played with the children, casting long silhouettes of their...
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Iraqi Prime Minister Condemns US Airstrikes and Threats to Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday accused the Trump administration of violating his nation’s sovereignty and further heightening tensions in the region after the U.S. bombed several...
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Rojava’s Revolution Begins in the Classroom
From the start of the Rojava revolution in 2012, the Syrian regime has maintained control of a small area of the regional capital, Qamishli. Symbolic of its ongoing power and threat of return, members...
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Global Protests Say “No War With Iran.” Can They Inspire a New Antiwar Movement?
Today, people around the world are taking to the streets for an International Day of Action against war with Iran. The protests are in response to the Trump administration’s dangerous warmongering with...
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Children Are Freezing to Death in Syria as Humanitarian Crisis Intensifies
In Syria, 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike by Russia-backed Syrian forces in rebel-held Idlib in a major escalation on Thursday. Turkey has vowed to respond in kind, as U.N....
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