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Turkey ‘launches airstrike’ against Kurds on Syria-Iraq border – reports

Posted on October 8, 2019October 14, 2019By Editor

Videos circulating on social media appear to show Turkish forces targeting Kurdish troops near Syria’s border with Iraq with airstrikes, just hours after the US announced it would be pulling out of the region. … Read More >Turkey ‘launches airstrike’ against Kurds on Syria-Iraq border – reports

WATCH American troops & vehicles withdraw from Kurdish-controlled N. Syria ahead of imminent Turkish op (VIDEO)

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019By Editor

A convoy of US military vehicles was filmed moving through the northern Syria’s countryside a day after Washington announced its troops would pull out ahead of Turkey’s “long planned” operation in the Kurdish-controlled area. … Read More >WATCH American troops & vehicles withdraw from Kurdish-controlled N. Syria ahead of imminent Turkish op (VIDEO)

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Scientific paper arguing Assad not responsible for Syria chemical attack shelved after Bellingcat-led backlash

Posted on October 7, 2019October 8, 2020By Editor

Unidentified “issues” prompted a prestigious scientific journal to withhold publication of a report challenging the mainstream narrative on a 2017 Syrian chemical attack … Read More >Scientific paper arguing Assad not responsible for Syria chemical attack shelved after Bellingcat-led backlash

It’s time for the US to “get out of ridiculous endless wars,” President Donald Trump said ahead of a withdrawal of US troops from border areas in northeastern Syrian as the Turkish military prepares for an anti-Kurdish incursion.

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019By Editor

It’s time for the US to “get out of ridiculous endless wars,” President Donald Trump said ahead of a withdrawal of US troops from border areas in northeastern Syrian as the Turkish military prepares for an anti-Kurdish incursion. … Read More >It’s time for the US to “get out of ridiculous endless wars,” President Donald Trump said ahead of a withdrawal of US troops from border areas in northeastern Syrian as the Turkish military prepares for an anti-Kurdish incursion.

‘No longer in the area’: US troops will neither help nor hamper Turkey’s cross-border operation in Syria

Posted on October 7, 2019By Editor

The US will neither support nor otherwise be involved in the looming Turkish military operation in northern Syria, nor will it interfere, as American troops will no longer be in the “immediate area,” the White House has announced. … Read More >‘No longer in the area’: US troops will neither help nor hamper Turkey’s cross-border operation in Syria

Down with the occupation’? Syrian Kurds protest near US-occupied military base seeking protection from Turkish occupation (VIDEO)

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019By Editor

Pleading for protection against a looming Turkish cross-border invasion and ‘occupation,’ protesters in the predominantly Kurdish Syrian border region marched towards a military base that is occupied by US-led forces. … Read More >Down with the occupation’? Syrian Kurds protest near US-occupied military base seeking protection from Turkish occupation (VIDEO)

Turkey ready to start own ops in N. Syria ‘today or tomorrow’ as setting up safe zone with US became ‘fairytale’ – Erdogan

Posted on October 7, 2019By Editor

The Turkish leader said his country’s forces are on standby to move further east of Euphrates River in northern Syria, calling prospects of establishing a joint US-Turkey safe zone “a fairytale.” … Read More >Turkey ready to start own ops in N. Syria ‘today or tomorrow’ as setting up safe zone with US became ‘fairytale’ – Erdogan

Top Israeli Intel Official: ‘We are Walking on Tiptoe’ After Russian Military Plane Downing

Posted on October 6, 2019By Editor

Brigadier-General Dror Shalom, the head of the IDF Military Intelligence’s Research Division, has said that Israeli military is avoiding a clash with Russia following the crash of a Russian plane in Syria last year. … Read More >Top Israeli Intel Official: ‘We are Walking on Tiptoe’ After Russian Military Plane Downing

US Task Force Smoking Gun smuggles weapons to Syria: Serbia files (part 2)

Posted on October 5, 2019By Editor

New leaked documents expose for the first time a secret US Special Operations Command unit code named Task Force Smoking Gun. … Read More >US Task Force Smoking Gun smuggles weapons to Syria: Serbia files (part 2)

Iraqi Prime Minister Agrees to Open Al Qaim Crossing at Syrian Border – Official

Posted on October 4, 2019By Editor

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi authorized the major Al Qaim crossing at the Syrian border to be opened on Monday, a representative of the Iraqi border crossing authority said Saturday. … Read More >Iraqi Prime Minister Agrees to Open Al Qaim Crossing at Syrian Border – Official