Tag: Kurds

Turkish soldiers prepare to enter Syria with an armoured personnel carrier at the border with Syria in Karkamis, Gaziantep province, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019.

‘Dagger to the heart’: Former top CIA official blasts Trump abandonment of Kurds

Mike Brest · October 15, 2019 3:12 pm

Beltway Confidential

The art of a deal to save the Kurds, placate Erdoğan, and serve America’s interest

Tom Rogan · October 15, 2019 2:02 pm

President Donald Trump bows his head down as they say their prayer at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.

How not to get peace

Noemie Emery · October 15, 2019 4:00 am

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in her office at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. House Democrats are rounding the first 100 days of their new majority taking stock of their accomplishments, noting the stumbles and marking their place as a frontline of resistance to President Donald Trump.

Pelosi tweets plan to ‘overturn’ Trump move in Syria

Susan Ferrechio · October 14, 2019 5:11 pm

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Beltway Confidential

ABC News ‘slaughter in Syria’ footage appears to come from a Kentucky gun range

Becket Adams · October 14, 2019 4:12 pm

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters celebrate in Tal Abyad, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019.

Trump: Kurds may be releasing ISIS fighters to involve US

John Gage · October 14, 2019 2:12 pm

Syria President Bashar al-Assad addresses reporters following his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Dec. 9, 2010.

Kurdish forces formerly under US protection forge deal with Russian and Iranian-backed Syrian regime

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2019 9:36 pm

From left, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis with President Donald Trump, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, speaks during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.

‘I don’t know what more I can say’: Mattis says resignation letter speaks for itself on Syria

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2019 3:30 pm

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a gun safety forum Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Las Vegas.

‘Might as well go after their body armor next’: Buttigieg says Trump Syria withdrawal stripped troops of ‘honor’

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2019 2:56 pm

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper leaves the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, northeastern France, after a remembrance ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

US preparing to evacuate troops from northern Syria

Mike Brest · October 13, 2019 2:51 pm

Turkish army's tanks roll during a ceremony on the Victory Day in Ankara, Turkey, in this Aug. 30, 2007 file photo. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq early Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, and artillery units fired shells toward Iraq from the town of Cukurca, where the borders of Turkey, Iran and Iraq meet, Turkey's military said, the first such confirmed attack since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Kurds say almost 1,000 ISIS supporters escaped amid Turkish approach

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2019 2:15 pm

Kurds found out about Trump withdrawal of US troops in northern Syria from Twitter

Carlin Becker · October 12, 2019 10:45 pm