Dave StichterSyria Jim Hanson: To halt fighting between Turkey and Kurds in Syria and prevent return of ISIS, US must do THISFox News - Jim HansonTurkey’s invasion of northern Syria to attack Kurdish forces – following President Trump’s decision last week to withdraw U.S. troops from the border area between the two nations – has created a chaotic
Dave StichterWomen's News Amid ongoing regional strife, Kurdish women battle for equal rights at hometimesofisrael.com - By TOI staff Despite their well-known achievements on the battlefield, and in the midst of ongoing conflict in the region, Kurdish women are engaged in an …
Dave StichterPolitics Trump’s Syria retreat blamed for murder of Hervin KhalafQuartz - Tim FernholzA Syrian politician who was reportedly dragged from her car and murdered by Turkish-backed paramilitaries yesterday is fast becoming a symbol of US failures in the Middle East. Hervin Khalaf, whose name
Dave Stichter Recep Tayyip Erdogan's incursion into Syria has appalled his allies, but will play well for him at homeThe Telegraph - By Sir Peter WestmacottTurkey’s decision last week to attack the Kurdish forces in northern Syria known as the YPG alarmed Nato and appalled the Kurds' Western military allies, who had promised they would be there for them a
Dave StichterTurkey Defection |OZY - Pallabi Munsi Hours after the Pentagon announced the withdrawal of another 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria, the region's Kurdish-led administration announced …
Dave StichterLiberal View As Turkey Prepares to Slice Through Syria, the US has Cleared a New Breeding Ground for Isis -counterpunch.org “Never get into a well with an American rope” goes the saying spreading across the Middle East, as the US abandons its Kurdish allies in Syria to a …
Dave StichterHuman Rights Syria regime steps in to halt Turkish assault on KurdsFrance 24The Syrian regime sent troops towards the Turkish border on Monday to contain Ankara's deadly offensive against the Kurds, stepping in for US forces due to begin a controversial withdrawal. Outgunned without
Dave StichterWorld News Six years of work destroyed in six days: The collapse of eastern Syriajpost.com - Seth J. Frantzman Turkish media, all supporting the invasion, would call the murder of Khalaf a “neutralization” of a “terrorist.” At least some US officials saw the …
Dave StichterNews Syria moves troops toward Turkish offensiveDW News - DW English The Syrian military has mobilized soldiers toward the north of the country to face the Turkish incursion. France is taking measures to ensure the …
Dave StichterDonald Trump Trump is right to take troops out of Syria. Now they must leave Iraq and AfghanistanThe Guardian - Simon JenkinsTrump has been emphatic about withdrawal, but his unpredictability and aggressive rhetoric has muddied his intentions Donald Trump is right to extricate the US from Syria. American troops have no strategic
Dave StichterOil Saudi Aramco Says Damage From Drone Attacks That Plunged World Oil Market Into Chaos Is Already FixedFortune The attacks knocked out about 5% of global oil production almost immediately, yet one month later, they might as well never have happened.
Dave StichterSyrian Democratic Forces German chancellor urges Turkey's president to stop Syrian invasionNew York Post - By Kenneth Garger German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a Sunday phone call urged Turkey’s president to immediately halt his country’s military operations in northern …
Dave StichterChina Is This Chinese Missile a Real Threat to U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers?defensemaven.io - Warrior Maven Warrior Video Above: New Technology Brings New Electronic Warfare Attacks Last year, Chinese state media reported that a new brigade of Beijing’s most …
Dave StichterMark Esper US pulling out of northern Syria; full withdrawal possiblewoodtv.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States appears to be heading toward a full military withdrawal from Syria amid growing chaos, cries of betrayal and …
Dave StichterDonald Trump Trump and Syria: the worst week for US foreign policy since the Iraq invasion?Guardian US - Julian Borger World affairs editorIn the week since Donald Trump’s fateful phone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the US has entirely abandoned the Kurds, its most effective allies in the Middle East, and with them a Syria strategy
Dave StichterGermany Germany sees no legal justification for Turkish action against Kurds: spokesmanReuters India - by Tassilo HummelBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany does not see a legal justification for Turkey's operation against Kurds in North Syria, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said on Monday. "As things stand, we cannot see the
Dave StichterVirginia Politics Supreme Court to consider whether sniper Lee Boyd Malvo should be resentencedThe Washington PostHe had shot the wrong target. On orders from his mentor, John Allen Muhammad, Malvo was supposed to shoot Isa Farrington Nichols, Cook’s aunt, who had supported Muhammad’s ex-wife in the custody battle
Dave StichterBashar al-Assad Syria’s Bashar al-Assad Sends Troops North; Recep Tayyip Erdogan Plays Down Threat of EscalationBloomberg Syrian government forces began fanning out in the northeast after striking a deal with Kurdish fighters abandoned by their U.S. allies to a Turkish …
Dave StichterWorld News Abandoned by U.S. in Syria, Kurds Find New Ally in American FoeThe New York Times - Ben Hubbard, Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Patrick KingsleyDOHUK, Iraq — Kurdish forces long allied with the United States in Syria announced a new deal on Sunday with the government in Damascus, a sworn enemy of Washington that is backed by Russia, as Turkish
Dave StichterSyrian Democratic Forces Assad goes to war with Turkey as Kurds strike deal with Syrian tyrant to stop ‘genocide’ hours after Trump pulthesun.co.uk - Mark Hodge SYRIAN dictator Bashar al-Assad is waging war against Turkey after striking a deal with the Kurds to stop “genocide” at his northern border. This …
Dave StichterJens Stoltenberg NATO's Stoltenberg defends stance on Turkey's offensive in SyriaReutersLONDON (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday defended his stance on Turkey’s attack on Kurdish militants in northeastern Syria as he came under pressure from some members of the
Dave StichterIslamic State (ISIS) The war against ISIS was all a wasteCNN - Analysis by Ben Wedeman, CNN Senior International Correspondent(CNN) — Earlier this year I spent almost two months in northeast Syria covering what we thought was the final battle against ISIS. The so-called caliphate that stretched from the outskirts of Baghdad western
Dave StichterNews Changes to grueling Special Forces course draw scrutiny, there’s ‘balancing act’Fox News - Associated PressCAMP MACKALL, N.C.--Deep in the dark North Carolina woods, a small white light flickers in the heavy underbrush. It's after midnight and a soldier is taking a risk by turning on his headlamp to find his
Dave StichterWar The fantasy of Britain at war could be nearing its last hurrahThe Guardian - John HarrisTo anyone under 40, these things must surely seem weird beyond words, which ought to give cause for hope Can you hear it: the theme from The Great Escape, and the hum of Spitfire engines? Such is the music
Dave StichterManbij U.S. Forces Reported Preventing Syrian Regime Forces from Helping Kurds Fight TurkeyThe Daily Beast - Andy Tyborg GAZIANTEP, Turkey—After five days of fighting, Turkish forces and their Syrian National Army (SNA) allies took over the strategic border crossing of …
Dave StichterMilitary Meet the Massive Ordnance Penetrator: The Air Force's Newest Bunker Buster Bombnationalinterest.org - Military and Aerospace Electronics Huge and very powerful.Key point: The MOP bomb will increase the firepower and options of the Air Force.EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The U.S. Air …
Dave StichterDonald Trump Trump thought Turkey bluffed about invading Syria: Axios - Business InsiderBusiness Insider - Tom PorterPresident Donald Trump and his advisers had assumed that Turkey wouldn't follow through its threats to invade northern Syria, Axios reported Sunday. Six sources with knowledge of the matter told the news
Dave StichterMilitary Behold Sikorsky's "Raider X" Future High-Speed Armed Reconnaissance HelicopterThe Drive - By Tyler Rogoway The Army wants a survivable and fast "knife fighter" helicopter to fight in contested areas. The Raider X certainly seems like it could be just …
Dave StichterKurdistan ISIS Is GloatingThe Atlantic - Graeme WoodThe best one could say about America’s abandonment of the Kurds is that they should have known we would sell them out eventually. Yesterday saw multiple reports of jailbreaks from Kurdish-operated prisons
