Tag: Kurds

A view of what was a shariah law court run by Islamic State militants is seen in the northern Hama province, Syria.

National Security

Last pocket of ISIS fighters surrounded in Syria, says US military

Jamie McIntyre · October 2, 2018 5:47 pm

Drones are already being used to study whales in the oceans, to monitor hard-to-access ecosystems, to affordably plant trees in depleted forests, and for an array of military purposes. (Sanjit Das/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Get ready: The Kurds might soon use drones against Turkey

Michael Rubin · September 20, 2018 12:10 pm

Iraq's new Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, 37, center, and his political bloc hold a press conference In Baghdad, Iraq.

Iraqi lawmakers elect Sunni Arab as parliament speaker

Associated Press · September 15, 2018 7:02 pm

Fighters from Kurdish popular defense units YPJ (women) and YPG men) gather during a short break before heading out to fight for new positions in Kobani, Syria.

Preserve US interests in Syria by backing the Kurds

Alan Makovsky and Michael Makovsky · September 7, 2018 12:00 am

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling Justice and Development Party MPs and supporters at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 24, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan doubles down on genocide

Michael Rubin · July 30, 2018 3:41 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks up as he finishes making remarks in front of the media at the start of a meeting in London on Tuesday.

Beltway Confidential

Erdogan’s Gaza posturing may lead to Turkey’s division

Michael Rubin · May 16, 2018 5:20 pm

A Free Syrian army fighter stands on a damaged military tank in Zabadani, near Damascus on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Syrian Revolution against Bashar Assad)

National Security

Syrian troops clash with US-backed forces, capture 4 villages

Associated Press · April 29, 2018 4:13 pm

A view of what was a shariah law court run by Islamic State militants is seen in the northern Hama province, Syria.

National Security

ISIS regaining control of some areas of Syria, US military says

Jamie McIntyre · April 17, 2018 4:17 pm

A vehicle of U.S. troops passes on a street, in Manbij town, north Syria, on Saturday.

Military identifies US soldier killed by IED blast in Syria

Steven Nelson · March 31, 2018 6:55 pm

Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," speak during a Friday interview at a security center in Kobani, Syria. âThe Beatlesâ terror cell is believed to have captured, tortured, and killed hostages including American, British, and Japanese journalists and aid workers.

Beltway Confidential

Trump needs to get the ISIS ‘Beatles’ out of Syria

Tom Rogan · March 30, 2018 8:04 pm

In this picture taken on Thursday, March 29, 2018, a fighter, second from right, of U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council stands next to U.S. humvee at a U.S. troop's outpost on a road leading to the tense front line between Syrian Manbij Military Council fighters and Turkish-backed fighters, at Halawanji village, north of Manbij town, Syria. The front line has grown more tense in recent days as Turkey threatens to advance on the town to clear it of the U.S-backed fighters. U.S troops have increased their patrols in the area, local commanders say, to prevent an outbreak of fighting and to prevent Turkey from advancing on Manbij.

Beltway Confidential

On Syria, Trump should be wary of Obama’s 2011 mistake in Iraq

Tom Rogan · March 30, 2018 6:58 pm

Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers celebrate around a statue of Kawa, a mythology figure in Kurdish culture, after they have destroyed it in the city center of Afrin, northwestern Syria, early Sunday, March 18, 2018. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that allied Syrian forces have taken "total" control of the town center of Afrin, the target of a nearly two-month-old Turkish offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia, which said fighting was still underway. Erdogan said the Turkish flag and the flag of the Syrian opposition fighters have been raised in the town, previously controlled by the Kurdish militia known as the People's Defense Units, or YPG.

National Security

Pentagon sharply critical of an unnamed country that sounds a lot like Turkey

Jamie McIntyre · March 19, 2018 6:51 pm