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Who are the Kurds? (BBC via Israpundit)

By   /  October 20, 2019  /  International, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Oct. 15, 2019 Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state. Where do they come from? The Kurds are one of the indigenous […]

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The End of Kurdish Autonomy in Syria? – Jonathan Spyer (J. Post via Daily Alert)

By   /  October 18, 2019  /  International, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Oct. 18, 2019 The End of Kurdish Autonomy in Syria? – Jonathan Spyer In the early years of the revolt against his regime, Assad was desperately short of loyal manpower and unilaterally withdrew his forces from Syria’s northeast in June-July 2012. The Kurds had to fight for their lives from the beginning as the jihadists of Jabhat al-Nusra […]

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The Wisdom and Consequences of the Trump Decision to Withdraw from Syria, 2 conflicting opinions (i24 News via Youtube via Israpundit)

By   /  October 18, 2019  /  International, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Oct. 18, 2019 The Wisdom and Consequences of the Trump Decision to Withdraw from Syria (2 conflicting opinions on Pres. Trump’s decision to remove troops from Syria…Ed.) Click here for 6 min. video featuring Eric Mandel(vs the decision) & Jesse Jane Duff (in support of the decision):  

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War in Syria: Can the Kurdish forces fight back?

By   /  October 16, 2019  /  International, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Oct. 9, 2019 Click here for 10 min. France 24 broadcast explaining geographically, what’s going on in Syria

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How to Tackle the Biggest Obstacle to Finishing the War with the Islamic State – David Ignatius (Washington Post via Daily Alert)

By   /  February 20, 2018  /  friends/enemies, International, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Feb. 20, 2018 How to Tackle the Biggest Obstacle to Finishing the War with the Islamic State – David Ignatius The biggest obstacle to finishing the war against the Islamic State and beginning the stabilization of Syria is America’s supposed friend and NATO ally Turkey. Granting Turkey’s demands would make Syria more unstable and prolong the […]

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Turkish Attacks on Kurds in Syria Could Reinvigorate Islamic State – Shelly Kittleson (Al-Monitor via Daily Alert)

By   /  January 25, 2018  /  friends/enemies, International, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Jan. 25, 2018 Turkish Attacks on Kurds in Syria Could Reinvigorate Islamic State – Shelly Kittleson (Al-Monitor) With the Islamic State still in possession of bases in the vast Iraqi desert, counterattacks are of growing concern to the Iraqis. Security sources deployed to the area said that with the recent military campaign launched by Turkey in […]

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