21 October 2019 • 18:30 — The New Dark Age

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Syrian Army Sends More Battle Tanks And Troops To Border Ahead Of Resumption Of Turkish Offensive (Video)

Trump ‘fully prepared’ for military action against Turkey – Pompeo
https://on.rt.com/a3sg

Syrian War Report – October 21, 2019: Syrian Army Takes Control Of Abandoned US Bases

US Troops Will Remain In Syria To ‘Protect’ Oil Fields From ISIS

Today’s Links 21 October 2019

US Syria Pullout? A Saigon Moment?

Russia Moderates Turkish-Syrian Dialogue Over Northeastern Syria

Military Situation In Syria On October 21, 2019 (Map Update)

Russia Supports Turkish-Syrian Dialogue Over Northeastern Syria

Ceasefire Ends, Talks on Syria Between Erdogan and Putin Begin
https://www.globalresearch.ca/ceasefire-ends-talks-syria-erdogan-putin/5692617

Trump’s Disgraceful Letter to Erdogan
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-letter-erdogan/5692556

‘Come and take it’: Here’s what US troops left behind at abandoned base in Syria (PHOTOS)
https://on.rt.com/a3qr

US Stokes The Fires Of Turkish Revanchism
https://orientalreview.org/2019/10/21/us-stokes-the-fires-of-turkish-revanchism/

Medvedev, Netanyahu discuss Russian-Israeli cooperation
https://tass.com/world/1084299

Can Trump Survive Ending Project Syria?
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/21/can-trump-survive-ending-project-syria/

Hungary Shows the Way to Help Threatened Christians, Yazidis of Syria, Iraq
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/21/hungary-shows-the-way-to-help-threatened-christians-yazidis-of-syria-iraq/

The US Has Backed 21 of the 28 ‘Crazy’ Militias Leading Turkey’s Brutal Invasion of Northern Syria
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/21/the-us-has-backed-21-of-the-28-crazy-militias-leading-turkeys-brutal-invasion-of-northern-syria/

World Bank can take part in restoration of Syria’s economy — Russian economy minister
https://tass.com/economy/1084296

Trump Ushers in Financially Responsible Empire
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/21/trump-ushers-in-financially-responsible-empire/

Erdogan pledges to take ‘necessary steps’ on Syria after meeting with Putin
https://tass.com/world/1084291

Ceasefire ends, talks on Syria between Erdogan and Putin begin
http://infobrics.org/post/29545/

Putin discusses Syria, bilateral issues with Israeli PM
https://tass.com/politics/1084279

Press review: Russian airlines await return to Egypt and Turkey eyes Syria deal with Putin
https://tass.com/pressreview/1084258

https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/10/21/a-panicked-israel-is-a-dangerous-israel/

As Trump Tweets He Is ‘Bringing Soldiers Home,’ Pentagon Chief Says US Forces Leaving Syria Are Shifting to Iraq
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/21/trump-tweets-he-bringing-soldiers-home-pentagon-chief-says-us-forces-leaving-syria?cd-origin=rss

In Video: Syrian Army Escorting US Troops Out Of Country

Just going next door: More than 100 armored vehicles cross into Iraq as US troops withdraw from northern Syria
https://on.rt.com/a3q9

The Turkish invasion of Rojava, by Thierry Meyssan

US Troops Abandon Personal Identification And Military Base Server In Manbij

The Mother Of Mess In Syria
https://orientalreview.org/2019/10/21/the-mother-of-mess-in-syria/

Trump Hands Oil & Gas to Syria & Russia As He Claims “We’ve Taken Control of the Oil in the Middle East”
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-oil-gas-syria-russia-claims-taken-control-oil-middle-east/5692562

Military brass denounce Trump’s withdrawal of troops from Syria
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/21/mili-o21.html

BC: Surviving on the Battlefield in the Information War
https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/21/bc-surviving-on-the-battlefield-in-the-information-war/

Turkish operation in Syria can lead to ‘reverse migration’ of militants – Russian minister
https://tass.com/politics/1084239

Singapore: Hong Kong Protesters’ Demands are Unrealistic
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2019/10/singapore-hong-kong-protesters-demands.html

Turkish operation in Syria runs counter to int’l law – German foreign minister
https://tass.com/world/1084228

All US Troops Leaving Syria Will Head to Iraq
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/fa75qslazSg/all-us-troops-leaving-syria-will-head-to-iraq.html

US Out Of Syria And The Middle East
https://popularresistance.org/us-out-of-syria-and-the-middle-east/

Ms. Pumpkin Head for President: A Nightmare
http://edwardcurtin.com/ms-pumpkin-head-for-president-a-nightmare/

The Taylor Report: Meeting Assad
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/20/the-taylor-report-meeting-assad/

Paternalistic Non-interventionism
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/paternalistic-non-interventionism/

United States Air Force At Incirlik, Our National “Black Eye”
https://popularresistance.org/united-states-air-force-at-incirlik-our-national-black-eye/

US troops leaving Syria will go to Iraq, says Pentagon chief
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50117765

Singapore: Hong Kong Protesters’ Demands are Unrealistic
https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/20/singapore-hong-kong-protesters-demands-are-unrealistic/

Erdogan says operation in Syria will be continued if ‘terrorists’ fail to leave in time
https://tass.com/world/1084189

Noam Chomsky signs call to boycott Turkey and prevent the ethnic cleansing of Kurdish people
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/u6z4fj_KJmY/

‘This resistance will continue’. Thousands take to Europe’s streets yet again to protest Turkey’s war crimes.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/yqWz9yzqJs0/

Betrayal and Deception: Syria Is a Prime Example of US Foreign Policy
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/20/betrayal-and-deception-syria-is-a-prime-example-of-us-foreign-policy/

NATO sets up crisis management center over Turkey’s operation in Syria – newspaper
https://tass.com/world/1084185

Today’s Links 20 October 2019
http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/10/todays-links_85.html

US troops destroy their base with runway for transport aircraft in Syria – SANA
https://tass.com/world/1084183

US/Turkey Deal on Syria, Like Carving Up Cuba Scene from the Godfather Trilogy
https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-turkey-deal-syria-godfather-trilogy/5692492

The Road to Damascus: How the Syria War Was Won
https://www.globalresearch.ca/road-damascus-how-syria-war-was-won/5692507

Video: Turkish-funded Syrian National Army and Myth of United Syrian Opposition
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-funded-syrian-national-army-myth-united-syrian-opposition/5692493

Video: Terrorists’ Air Force: Improvised Attack Drones in Syria and Iraq
https://www.globalresearch.ca/terrorists-air-force-improvised-attack-drones-syria-iraq/5692482

Turkish army takes control over Syrian border city of Ras al-Ayn – TV
https://tass.com/world/1084181