16 October 2019 • 15:30 — The New Dark Age
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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
16 October 2019 — Indian Punchline
The scenario agreed on behind the curtains through months of confidential exchanges, often one-on-one, between the Russian and Turkish leaders regarding north-eastern Syria is entering a critical phase of implementation on the ground with the agreement between the Kurds and the Assad regime.
15 October 2019 — Raghead the friendly terrorist
Admittedly, the last part is still speculation, but the staggering hypocrisy of Western mediaganda is so breathtaking that I have not the slightest doubt that they can turn round a hundred and eighty degrees in a nanosecond. Their “audience”, composed of brain-dead zombies, will in any case accept whatever their television talking heads order them to believe for the day.
15 October 2019 — The Saker
By Pepe Escobar
In the annals of bombastic Trump tweets, this one is simply astonishing: here we have a President of the United States, on the record, unmasking the whole $8-trillion intervention in the Middle East as an endless war based on a “false premise.” No wonder the Pentagon is not amused.
15 October 2019 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age
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Die or ask the Syrian government to take them in: the Kurdish militias simply have no other options
https://on.rt.com/a3ff
Left in a hurry: RT films inside abandoned US military base at Manbij, Syria (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
https://on.rt.com/a3f8
15 October 2019 — Global Research
After Turkish forces launched cross-border aggression last week, things greatly escalated — Kurdish YPG fighters outgunned and outmatched against the onslaught. Their only option was seeking accommodation with Bashar al-Assad against a common Turkish foe, President Erdogan hell bent to annex northern Syrian territory, especially its oil-producing areas. Read more…
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14 October 2019 — 21st Century Wire
IMAGE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the ground and speaking to Syrian Arab Army officers.
Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
Last night, Kurdish officials in northeastern Syria issued a statement that an agreement has been reached with the government in Damascus allowing the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) to takeover key strategic positions along Syria’s northern border with Turkey.
14 October 2019 — Moon of Alabama
Eight days ago U.S. President Donald Trump gave a green light for another Turkish invasion of Syria. We explained why that move made it inevitable for the Kurds to submit to Damascus and to let the Syrian Arab Army back into northeast Syria:
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14 October 2019 • 14:30 — The New Dark Age
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‘Do people really think we should go to war with NATO member Turkey?’ Trump defends Syria withdrawal
https://on.rt.com/a3cj
Kurds Ally with Damascus Against Turkish Aggression
https://www.globalresearch.ca/kurds-ally-damascus-against-turkish-aggression/5691892
14 October 2019 — Off Guardian
Attempts by Third World leaders to establish independent control of their economies, in preference to their economies being used as spheres of profit-accumulation for the sole direct benefit of foreign investors, is almost invariably met by the opposition of investor-dominated foreign governments.” – Stephen Gowans
Adrift on an uncharted ocean we call Life, humans seem drawn to the illusion of certainty like wasps to an open jam jar. God is good! … I think so I am! … Brexit will be dandy/a disaster! … Bashar al-Assad is a Demon/a Saint! … Kurds Good, everyone else Baad!
14 Octber 2019 • 15:40 — The New Dark Age
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Ecuador’s authorities back down to avert coup d’etat, says expert
Ecuadorian govt agrees to repeal austerity law that sparked protests as indigenous groups pledge to stop rallies
https://on.rt.com/a3bs
13 October 2019 • 23:50 — The New Dark Age
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Turkey-Syria offensive: Kurds reach deal with Syrian army
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901
Washington abandons its Kurdish proxies as Ankara and Damascus step in
http://thesaker.is/washington-abandons-its-kurdish-proxies-as-ankara-and-damascus-step-in/
