Tag: Afrin
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Why Turkey is invading Syria
… and how it’s getting what it wanted. On Oct. 9, 2019, Turkey launched an attack in northeastern Syria. Turkey made the move shortly after the US announced it would remove some of its troops from the region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had his eyes on the region for […]
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Afrin seems quite intact After Turks took control. Does the Kurdish media lie about invasion and destruction?
Adnan Hakoun, studied at Damascus University – Faculty of Economics i am syrian who live in turkey now..i lived in syria for the whole 7 years of war and just left the country last year..i came to turkey illeagely (walking through mountains not by plane) so i had to cross […]
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No Peace after Islamic State Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, with each wanting a slice of the country. What do a counterfeiter from Syria, an Iraqi-Afghan militia fighter under Iranian leadership […]