16 October 2019 • 15:30 — The New Dark Age

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SDF Launches Counter-Attack In Northern Raqqa, Recaptures Several Positions From Turkish-Backed Militants

Will they, won’t they? Erdogan says he won’t meet US delegation, will only speak to Trump, walks back hours later
https://on.rt.com/a3h3

SDF-Damascus Deal: First Details Revealed

Syrian forces enter northeast Syria’s Raqqa

Syrian and Turkish armies scurry to occupy the ground

SDF Captured Turkish Army’s Armoured Vehicle. 2 Turkish Soldiers Killed Near Manbij

Turkey, United States And Russia Are In Close Contact Over Northern Syria

49 Turkish-Backed Militants Ambushed, Killed By Kurdish Forces In Ras Al-Ayn

Western coalition in Syria falling apart

Turkey and the Kurds: What goes around comes around

Turkish invasion creates better conditions for Islamic State terrorists as it creates chaos, Assad’s key adviser tells RT
https://on.rt.com/a3gu

U.S.-led Coalition Burns Large Military Base In Eastern Aleppo (Video)

Russian Aerospace Forces Purge Terrorists In Southern Idlib, Northern Lattakia

Military Situation In Syria On October 16, 2019 (Map Update)

Syrian Army Troops Entered Raqqah City For First Time Since 2014: Report

Turkish Forces Push Towards M4 Highway In Area Between Tell Abyad And Ras Al-Ayn (Map Update)

The Predictable Mess on Syria’s Border With Turkey
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/16/the-predictable-mess-on-syrias-border-with-turkey/

Kremlin hopes Turkey’s operation in Syria to be proportionate to security tasks
https://tass.com/politics/1083475

Syria to top agenda of Erdogan’s visit to Russia, says Lavrov
https://tass.com/politics/1083470

The Russian Masterpiece in Syria: Everyone Wins
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/16/the-russian-masterpiece-in-syria-everyone-wins/

Russia will encourage cooperation between Turkey and Syria, says Lavrov
https://tass.com/politics/1083458

More than 70 civil residents killed in Turkey’s operation in northern Syria — media
https://tass.com/world/1083469

Russian military police hold first patrol in Syria’s Manbij
https://tass.com/defense/1083416

Syrian Kurds Are Not Helpless Victims? (Opinion)

The 15 camps of Daesh prisonners in « Rojava »

French soldiers trapped in Syria

US Used Warplanes, Attack Helicopters To Fight Off Turkish-backed Forces Near Ain Issa

IS terrorists defeated in Syria and Iraq still running global offshoots, says FSB chief

Western coalition was pushing Syrian Kurds towards separatism

The Hmeimim Agreement

Russian military police holds first patrol in Syria’s Manbij

Will Khamenei be glad to see them? TIME ‘redeploys’ US troops from Syria to Iran
https://on.rt.com/a3gb

Putin and Erdogan discuss situation in Syria in telephone talks

‘Show of force’: US jets & helicopters threaten Turkish-backed fighters who came VERY CLOSE to American troops in Syria
https://on.rt.com/a3fi

Die or ask the Syrian government to take them in: The Kurdish militias simply have no other options
https://on.rt.com/a3ff

Military Situation In Northern Syria On October 15, 2019 (Map Update)

In Videos: Abandoned US Military Base And Russian Troops In Manbij

Information Clearing House Headlines 15-16 October 2019
https://williambowles.info/2019/10/16/information-clearing-house-headlines-15-16-october-2019/

Turkey-Syria offensive: Erdogan rejects US ceasefire call
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50064546

Let Me Know When It’s Over
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/RzFQ/~3/eG6min4EeT4/let-me-know-when-its-over.html

Russian military police holds first patrol in Syria’s Manbij
https://tass.com/defense/1083416

Turkey will continue operation in Syria despite possible sanctions — Erdogan
https://tass.com/world/1083405

Saudi Arabia is Opening its Doors
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/saudi-arabia-is-opening-its-doors/

Russian military working to prevent conflicts in government-controlled regions of Syria
https://tass.com/world/1083382

US Senators Propose Resolution Blocking US Withdrawal From Northeastern Syria
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/15/us-senators-propose-resolution-blocking-us-withdrawal-from-northeastern-syria/

Putin and Erdogan discuss situation in Syria in telephone talks
https://tass.com/world/1083392

One Rocket provoked the US Withdrawal: details of the Kurdish-Russian-Syrian Deal
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/15/one-rocket-provoked-the-us-withdrawal-details-of-the-kurdish-russian-syrian-deal/

Trump OK’s Sanctions on Turkey
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-sanctions-turkey/5692027

Syrian Government Regains Control Over Country’s Northeastern Parts
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/15/syrian-government-regains-control-over-countrys-northeastern-parts/

One Rocket Provoked the US Withdrawal: Details of the Kurdish-Russian-Syrian Deal
https://www.globalresearch.ca/one-rocket-provoked-us-withdrawal-details-kurdish-russian-syrian-deal/5692031

Erdogan promises to withdraw troops from Syria after defeating terrorists — Russian envoy
https://tass.com/politics/1083364

Trump Wants to End the “Stupid Wars”?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-wants-end-stupid-wars/5692062

Turkey-Syria offensive: Russia vows to prevent clashes with Assad forces
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50058859

Too little too late from Johnson and Trump as the death toll rises in Syria
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/HOyh0nYRZPI/

Amid Turkey’s Operation in Syria, Ankara-Moscow Relations Stay Rock-solid
https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/15/amid-turkey-s-operation-in-syria-ankara-moscow-relations-stay-rock-solid/

Trump Wants to End the “Stupid Wars”?
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/15/trump-wants-to-end-the-stupid-wars/

It’s curtains for US in Syria. Russia, Iran owe big thanks to Erdogan
https://indianpunchline.com/its-curtains-for-us-in-syria-russia-iran-owe-big-thanks-to-erdogan/

Atlantic hegemony dying: Era of Western global intervention fading away, says report
https://tass.com/world/1083321

Trump’s Syria pullout unleashes false outcry by neocons and their media shills
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/15/trumps-syria-pullout-unleashes-false-outcry-by-neocons-and-their-media-shills/

Today’s links 15 October 2019
http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/10/todays-links_15.html

Then and Now
https://williambowles.info/2019/10/15/then-and-now/

Actions by Turkey, US may lead to terrorist revival in Syria, Iraq, says French PM
https://tass.com/world/1083312

Turkey-Syria offensive: UK government halts arms export licences to Turkey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50056358

Armenian humanitarian mission heads to Syria on Russian military aircraft
https://tass.com/society/1083303

Kentucky is in Syria (and other anomalies of MSM geography)
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/tYDgfUfsncs/kentucky-is-in-syria-and-other-anomalies-of-msm-geography.html

Trump Dumps the Kurds: US and Russian Officers “Coordinate Military Movements” in Northeastern Syria
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-dumps-the-kurds-into-the-hands-of-damascus-us-and-russia-officers-coordinate-military-movements-in-northeastern-syria/5691836

Syria Has Restored 1554 Schools Completely Destroyed by NATO Sponsored Terrorists
https://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-restored-1554-schools-completely-destroyed-nato-terrorists/5692069

Kurds face stark options after US pullback
https://williambowles.info/2019/10/15/kurds-face-stark-options-after-us-pullback/