Kurdish PM refuses to send Peshmerga to defend Afrin

In a recent interview, Kurdish prime minister of the KDP (Kurdish Diplomatic Party) and former president Masoud Barzani said, “The deployment of the Peshmerga to help their fellow Kurds in Afrin against Turkey’s military operation will not help solve the problem.” The conflict in Afrin has stirred up a lot of sympathy and support for […]

ISIS claimed responsibility for deadly attack on a children’s charity and it shows their resilience in Afghanistan

ISIS militants conducted an attack on the Save the Children’s Jalalabad office on Wednesday morning. ISIS’ Afghan chapter, known as ISIS-K, has managed to hold onto territory and conduct a number of deadly attacks in Afghanistan despite large battlefield and territorial losses. ISIS-K benefits from Afghanistan’sAfghanistan’sAfghanistan’s rough terrain, a steady stream of recruits from neighboring […]

Trump Warns Erdogan to Avoid Conflict Between US, Turkish Forces

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Turkey on Wednesday to curtail its military operation in Syria and warned it not to bring U.S. and Turkish forces into conflict, but a Turkish source said a White House readout did not accurately reflect the conversation. Turkey’s air and ground operation in Syria’s Afrin region, now in its fifth […]

The FSA is fighting the SDF… and the US trained and armed both

As Turkey has crossed a serious line despite objection from the international community, there is another battle happening within this struggle that no one seems to be noticing. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is a CIA-funded, trained and supportedtrained and supportedtrained and supported militant group that has recently aligned itself with Turkey for the Purposes […]

US air strikes kill up to 150 ISIS fighters ‘massing for movement’ in Syria

The US military says it killed up to 150 ISIS fighters in Syria over the weekend near Abu Kamal.  The coalition says there was a heavy concentration of fighters at the site and they appeared to be “massing for movement.” U.S. military officials say American airstrikes in Syria on Saturday killed up to 150 Islamic State fighters […]

Turkish Offensive Kills 260 Kurdish Fighters in Afrin

Turkey claims to have killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its on-going and open-ended offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, Turkish military officials said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to raise concerns with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call expected on Wednesday about Ankara’s […]

Pentagon considering another 1000 troops for Afghanistan

The U.S. ArmyU.S. ArmyU.S. Army is considering a plan where they will send an additional 1000 troops to Afghanistan where they would join the already 14,000 military forces there as the US-led coalition works to break the stalemate with the Taliban. The Washington Post was reporting this first and quoted senior military officials that the […]

SDF releases public statement in the face of Turkish aggression

In light of the recent attacks by Turkish forces on sovereign Kurdish land in the territories of Afrin and Manbij, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has released a public statement: We in the Syrian Democratic Forces are a peaceful movement focused on defeating Daesh and bringing stability to Syria consistent with UN […]

Pentagon Considering Another 1000 Troops for Afghanistan

The U.S. Army is considering a plan where they will send an additional 1000 troops to Afghanistan where they would join the already 14,000 military forces there as the US-led coalition works to break the stalemate with the Taliban. The Washington Post was reporting this first and quoted senior military officials that the proposal has […]

The Kurds issue a press release on Turkey’s assault on Afrin in Syria

The AKP-MHP fascist rule in Turkey has begun the air and ground invasion operation against the Kurdish town of Afrin. This comes after months of threatening and targeting campaign. Turkey wants to destroy the democratic system which was established on the principle of brotherhood of Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen peoples. There are two main reasons […]

Turkey deploys military forces to Syrian border

Reports are coming through that a convoy of five tanks and multiple military vehicles have been dispatched to Turkey’s southern border with Rojava, northern Syria. This move by Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is presumably in response to the Kurds neglecting to heed his earlier threats of military response if they did not withdraw from the […]