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Turkish military in for the long haul in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey launched its longest continuous military operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraqi Kurdistan this year. Operation Claw began last May, is presently ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkish media paints White House visit as Erdoğan triumph over Trump
In The News
Turkish media are seizing on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s comments that President Trump had “no reaction” to his returning the American leader’s notorious letter to him, s...
By Nicholas Heras
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Russians enter US air base near Kobani after US forces left: SDF official
In The News
US-led Coalition forces on Thursday finalized their withdrawal from the Kobani region, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) official told Kurdistan 24, as Russian forces entered t...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Struggles to Keep Allies in Fight Against ISIS in Syria
As Trump administration officials try to convince allies that the United States remains committed to the fight against the Islamic State in Syria they are facing a significant...
By Nicholas Heras
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Syria moves further into Iran’s orbit with new deal
With Iran’s signing of a preliminary agreement to work with the Syrian government to reconstruct the country’s war-damaged electrical power grid, Moscow’s and Tehran’s often c...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S.-Led Coalition Blocks Russia in Syria While Allowing Turkey to Terrorize the Kurds
The Trump administration is using firepower to block Iran and Russia from coming up from the south while ignoring the pleas of the Kurds to stop a Turkish invasion from the no...
By Nicholas Heras
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Thousands of civilians flee Turkish attacks despite ceasefire deal
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Heavy attacks on Wednesday by Turkish-backed groups near Dirbasiya and Til Tamr displaced thousands of civilians despite the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreed to last week. “T...
By Nicholas Heras
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US secrecy on Baghdadi raid exposes distrust of NATO ally Turkey
Islamic State (IS) group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was found and killed over the weekend in northern Syria just a few miles from the Turkish border in a US raid that evaded t...
By Nicholas Heras
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Comments on Seizing Syria Oil Reinforces Anti-American Sentiment, Experts Warn
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While U.S. President Donald Trump this week reiterated his administration's intention to keep some American troops in Syria to control the country's eastern oilfields, experts...
By Nicholas Heras
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As Kurds Tracked ISIS Leader, U.S. Withdrawal Threw Raid Into Turmoil
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When the international manhunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, zoomed in on a village in northwestern Syria, the United States turned to its local a...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump, Pentagon Diverge on Need to Control Syrian Oil Fields
Pentagon leaders and President Donald Trump diverged Monday on the rationale behind keeping U.S. forces in northeastern Syria, with the president renewing his insistence that ...
By Nicholas Heras
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ISIS Leader Killed on Turkey’s Doorstep
President Donald Trump broke up three weeks of dismal news about Syria with cause for celebration in both America and the Middle East. ISIS (Islamic State) leader Abu Bakr al-...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump decided to leave troops in Syria after conversations about oil, officials say
President Trump was persuaded to leave at least several hundred troops behind in Syria only when he was told that his decision to pull them out would risk control of oil field...
By Nicholas Heras
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Soldiers, Bradley armored vehicles in Kuwait eyed for deployment to Syria
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The Pentagon is planning to send soldiers and Bradley armored vehicles based in Kuwait to guard Syrian oil fields from ISIS fighters, according to a U.S. official. The deploy...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon weighs options to deter Russians in Syria
The Pentagon proposed deploying tanks to eastern Syria as an option to guard the region’s oil fields after the US was concerned Russia would cross a deconfliction line on the ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon planning to send tanks, armored vehicles to Syrian oil fields
The Pentagon is preparing to send tanks and armored vehicles to Syrian oil fields, according to a U.S. official – a stunning reversal of President Trump's decision to withdraw...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump’s focus on protecting oil in Syria highlights an evolving U.S. mission
President Trump on Thursday vowed that the United States would prevent the Islamic State from regaining control of oil fields in eastern Syria, emphasizing his interest in the...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey, Russia reach accord on north Syria—and Trump applauds
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Following a six-hour-long meeting in the Russian resort city of Sochi on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded an agre...
By Nicholas Heras
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SDF Commander-in-Chief thanks President Putin for ‘protecting the Kurdish people’
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he Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief, Mazlum Abdi, in a video call with Russia’s military leadership, thanked President Vladimir Putin for protecting the Kurdi...
By Nicholas Heras
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US mulls changes to Syrian withdrawal, amid continued uncertainty
Some two weeks after the White House first announced it was withdrawing US troops from northeast Syria, President Donald Trump said on Monday that a limited number of US force...
By Nicholas Heras
