Kurds

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Foreign Policy

US, Turkey slowly try to make amends

September 27, 2019 3:00 am

Cars and trucks line up to enter Turkey as hundreds of protesters gather during a demonstration at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, Syria, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, demanding that Ankara either open the border or end attacks by the government.

Beltway Confidential

The emptiness of Turkey’s complaints against Syrian Kurds

Michael Rubin -

September 3, 2019 3:16 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan gestures as he delivers a speech at a rally.

Foreign Policy

Turkey’s threatened Syria strike puts US-backed forces fighting ISIS in jeopardy

Russ Read -

August 7, 2019 11:19 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at an assembly for religious schools, in Istanbul, Saturday, April 13, 2019.

Economy

Erdoğan’s dilemma: Will he accept his party’s election losses?

Washington Examiner -

April 16, 2019 4:00 am

A convoy of Turkish military trucks carrying tanks and armoured personnel carriers destined for Syria in preparation for a possible military offensive, moves in Hatay province, southeastern Turkey, near the border with Syria, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

A Syria-Turkey buffer zone is a good idea — on Turkey’s side of the border

Michael Rubin -

April 11, 2019 8:36 pm

People who left the besieged Islamic State-held village of Baghouz, Syria, scramble up a rocky hillside to be checked by U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces Thursday, March 14, 2019.

News

US now plans to leave up to 1K troops in Syria: Report

Zach Halaschak -

March 17, 2019 10:56 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Masoud Barzani leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the province's capital Irbil, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

As democracy disappears, Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani’s legacy is in tatters

Michael Rubin -

March 6, 2019 5:32 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Calamitous caliphate

Jamie Dettmer -

February 22, 2019 5:00 am

A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle on a newly installed position, near front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria.

Foreign Policy

White House: 200 US troops will remain in Syria

Diana Stancy Correll -

February 22, 2019 12:32 am

Girls receive free food for their families distributed for Iftar.

Op-Eds

Save girls from a lifetime of injustice done to their bodies

Araysh Barzinjee -

February 17, 2019 5:00 am

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Tag: Kurds

US, Turkey slowly try to make amends

The emptiness of Turkey’s complaints against Syrian Kurds

Turkey’s threatened Syria strike puts US-backed forces fighting ISIS in jeopardy

Erdoğan’s dilemma: Will he accept his party’s election losses?

A Syria-Turkey buffer zone is a good idea — on Turkey’s side of the border

US now plans to leave up to 1K troops in Syria: Report

As democracy disappears, Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani’s legacy is in tatters

Calamitous caliphate

White House: 200 US troops will remain in Syria

Save girls from a lifetime of injustice done to their bodies

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