Syria
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Syria News Links 19 October 2019
19 October 2019 • 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Dozens Of Russian Airstrikes Target Terrorists’ Positions In Lattakia, Idlib, Aleppo & Hama (Videos) Military Situation In Northern Syria On October 19, 2019 (Map Update) Continue reading
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Media Alarmed by Imaginary US Pullout From Syria
President Donald Trump’s modification of the US’s Syria policy has generated a torrent of confusion, so it’s worth reviewing the record. Influential sectors in corporate media clearly believe that US policy in Syria should be tailored toward assuring worldwide US hegemony. That’s necessarily going to entail Kurdish and many other peoples winding up in body… Continue reading
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US Has Backed 21 of the 28 ‘Crazy’ Militias Leading Turkey’s Brutal Invasion of Northern Syria
Former and current US officials have slammed the Turkish mercenary force of “Arab militias” for executing and beheading Kurds in northern Syria. New data from Turkey reveals that almost all of these militias were armed and trained in the past by the CIA and Pentagon. Continue reading
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Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Syria. Russia is the Most Successful Player
18 October 2019 — Global Research Part III By Elijah J. Magnier The United States of America emerged victorious from the Second World War, and came out stronger than any other country in the world. The allies- notably the Soviet Union- won the war but emerged much weaker. They needed to reconstruct their countries and rebuild… Continue reading
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MANBIJ LIBERATED BY SYRIAN ARMY; RUSSIAN PATIENCE PROVING LETHAL TO TURK AMBITIONS; KURDS GRUDGINGLY COOPERATE
It took two buffoons like Erdoghan and Trump to make Dr. Assad’s day a very pleasant one. First, the Turks invaded northeastern Syria ostensibly to block the formation of some tin-pot Kurdish enclave bedecked in the classic style of the bargaining chip the U.S. once needed to impose elections on the Syrian government. What the… Continue reading
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Syria News Links 18 October 2019
18 October 2019 • 16:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Erdogan Says He Has No Objection To Damascus’ Control Over Northeastern Syria Syrian Army Enters More Towns In Northeast Syria To Support SDF Continue reading
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Truth About Syria.”How Could Corporate Journalists Get Away with Their Lies…” By Alison Banville
Eva Bartlett: ‘when I arrived on the 29th (of December 2018) I was told that, aside from yourself (gestures to Vanessa Beeley), I was the only other western journalist in Syria. And it struck me not so much as surprising, in fact it’s more expected, that corporate media journalists could very well be here, but they’re… Continue reading
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Media And Pundits Misread The ‘Everyone Wins’ Plan For Syria
The U.S. media get yesterday’s talks between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan all wrong. Those talks were just a show to soothe the criticism against President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeast Syria. Continue reading
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France torches Lafarge cement plant in Syria
On 16 October 2019, the International Coalition set fire to the French-owned Lafarge Cement Factory in Jalabiyeh (on the Turkish border, north of Aleppo) before the arrival of the Syrian Arab Army in the area. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 16-17 October 2019
17 October 2019 • 19:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Military Situation In Northern Syria On October 17, 2019 (Map Update) In Video: Army Deploys Rocket Launchers In Northeast Syria To Support SDF Turkey Accuses ‘Terrorists’ Of… Continue reading
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How The Win-Win-Win-Win Plan For Syria’s Northeast Succeeds
Russian troops prevented attempts by Turkish supported Jihadis to attack Manbij. Russian and Syrian units now also entered Ayn al-Arab/Kobani. Syrian government troops took control of the electricity producing dam in Tabqah and some units set up posts in Raqqa. Other units entered the Conoco and Al-Umar oil fields north of Abu Kahmal and east… Continue reading
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Laith Marouf on recent events in Syria
In Damascus, I have an informal conversation with geopolitical analyst and media policy and law consultant, Laith Marouf, about recent events in Syria. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 16 October 2019
16 October 2019 • 15:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back 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… Continue reading
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It’s curtains for US in Syria. Russia, Iran owe big thanks to Erdogan By M.K. Bhadrakumar
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. Continue reading
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Then and Now
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… Continue reading
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Kurds face stark options after US pullback
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. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 15 October 2019
15 October 2019 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back 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… Continue reading
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Turkey’s Aggression against Syria: Selected Stories
15 October 2019 — Global Research Kurds Ally with Damascus Against Turkish Aggression By Stephen Lendman 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… Continue reading
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Washington’s Sum of All Fears: Kurdish Militants Cut a Deal with Damascus
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. Continue reading
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Syrian Government Regains Control Over Country’s Northeastern Parts
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: Continue reading
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