Tag: Kurds

‘Leaving us to be slaughtered’: Syrian Kurds commander condemns US pullout

Ellie Bufkin, Carlin Becker · October 12, 2019 9:45 pm

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.

‘ISIS will resurge’: Mattis predicts ISIS comeback without more pressure from US

John Gage · October 12, 2019 8:34 pm

NBC reporter: Kurds believe Trump ‘gave the green light’ for Turkey to commit genocide

John Gage · October 12, 2019 3:58 pm

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Lake Charles, La., Friday.

Trump Report Card: A solid ‘F’

Paul Bedard · October 12, 2019 11:50 am

A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, stands guard inside a post where U.S. troops were based, in Tal Abyad town, at the Syrian-Turkish border, Syria, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. The SDF, a U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force accused Washington Monday of failing to abide by its commitments by withdrawing from northeast Syria ahead of a Turkish invasion that the Kurds say will overturn five years of achievements in the battle against the Islamic State group.

Cultivating alliances puts America first

Washington Examiner · October 12, 2019 4:00 am

President Trump has been a frequent speaker at the Value Voters Summit of evangelical leaders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump appearing before evangelicals as Turkey policy imperils Kurd-protected Christians

Rob Crilly · October 12, 2019 4:00 am

A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle on a newly installed position, near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A week ago, there was just a single house where U.S. soldiers had hoisted a U.S. flag on a hill a little ways back from a tense front line in Syria. Now on Wednesday stood a growing outpost with a perimeter of large sand barriers and barbed wire, a new watch tower and half a dozen armored vehicles, The Associated Press found.

US Special Forces in Syria shelled by Turkish troops

John Gage · October 11, 2019 7:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s absurd hypocrisy: Abandon the Kurds, send troops to Saudi Arabia

Tom Rogan · October 11, 2019 5:19 pm

Fox News contributor Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes her first appearance on the "Fox & friends" television program in New York, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Sanders has been hired to provide political commentary and analysis across all Fox News properties, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and the radio and podcast division.

‘Incredibly difficult situation’: Sarah Sanders backs up Trump on Syria decision

Zach Halaschak · October 10, 2019 9:54 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he arrives to begin a markup on immigration policy on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. The Senate Judiciary Committee is engaged in a heated battle over immigration policy as chairman Lindsey Graham threatens to upend the rules to advance a detention bill that Democrats oppose. Itâs one last battle, being led Thursday by a top ally of President Donald Trump, before senators break for a long August recess and the start of 2020 campaigning.

‘A big problem’: Lindsey Graham labels Kurds a ‘threat’ to Turkey in prank phone call

Zach Halaschak · October 10, 2019 8:28 pm

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

The myths surrounding the US and the Kurds

Daniel DePetris · October 10, 2019 8:26 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

‘I am ashamed’: US Special Forces soldier denounces ‘insanity’ of US abandoning Kurds

Tim Pearce · October 10, 2019 12:39 am