Tag: Kurds
Kurds withdraw from Syria-Turkey border region amid tentative ceasefire
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has withdrawn from a 75-mile area between the border towns of Ras al-Ayn and Tal Abyad in compliance with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, and will move back 19 miles...
Netanyahu meets with Pompeo amid Israeli concerns about situation in northern Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday amid Israeli concerns over the withdrawal of U.S. forces from northern Syria.
“Netanyahu and I had a productive meeting on...
Trump’s ‘impulsive’ decision to leave Syria undermines Israel’s interests, according to experts
The abrupt decision by U.S. President Donald Trump last week to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria has led to a major foreign-policy crisis in the region and worldwide.
Equally as important are the changing roles...
Netanyahu should spare Israel humiliation, pain
Mr. Netanyahu, It is time for you to reflect on where you stand and how best to serve the country you care about in a time of much uncertainty and turmoil.
You have served as...
Trump on the Kurds in Syria: ‘They’re no angels’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria even as criticism points to the United States having betrayed its Kurdish allies in the region.
In talking about...
Un-Donstitutional
A year ago Donald Trump praised the Kurds for helping the United States defeat ISIS, but now he wonders why they didn’t fight alongside the Allies on D-Day. Come to think of it, they...
Israelis protest against Turkish invasion of Syria
Several hundred protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to oppose Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria.
The protesters, who represented most of the local political spectrum, shouted slogans against Turkish President...
Trump demands Turkey halt Syria incursion, authorizes new sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called on Turkey to immediately halt its offensive in northern Syria and authorized new sanctions against the NATO member state. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the United States...
The Americans, the Kurds, the war
Two days after announcing the betrayal of America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, U.S. President Donald Trump decided to belittle them for good measure. “Now the Kurds are fighting for their land,” Trump told reporters...
How black and white thinking clouds realpolitik
Black and white thinking, which divides the world into absolute camps of good and evil, is associated with religious fanaticism from medieval Christianity to the Islamic world.
There are now troubling signs that a secular...