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2024-12-13 14:53:23 - Translate

Blinken meets Erdogan as forces backed by US, Turkey clash in Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing stability in Syria: clashes in the north of the country between U.S.-backed Kurdish forces and Turkey-backed rebels. As HTS and other groups gradually settle in the Syrian capital and other captured territories, various external players are actively...

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added blog Cloak & Dagger
2024-12-09 14:43:58 - Translate

Neo-Ottomanism in Syria
After Iraq, Iran, and Turkey defeated ISIS in 2017, they invaded Iraqi Kurdistan. This move enabled Turkish forces to expand militarily and establish many bases within Iraqi borders. With Assad gone, Syria's Kurdish government has an uncertain future. The SDF in Northern Syria have built their house on sand. Many pro-FSA Arabs live in the northeast, and much of the SDF itself...

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Israel Swords of Iron Ops

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2024-12-25 11:45:06 - Translate

[Analysis] Israel’s Kurdish opportunity
As Turkey doubles down on its Islamist agenda, the Kurds remain one of the region’s few forces pushing in the opposite direction. In 2014, as Syria descended into chaos, the United States made a pragmatic decision. Section 1209 of the National Defense Authorization Act authorized the Pentagon to arm and train vetted Syrian opposition groups. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic...

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