Iran pleads with Turkey to cease military ops

 As Turkey continues to advance on the autonomous Kurdish region of Rojava (northern Syria), opposition is coming from an unlikely voice in the middle east. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has taken a strong stance of opposition to what he views as a violation of sovereignty by Turkish military forces. Iran, who views the Turkish and […]

Free Syrian Army Seeks Help From Turkey Against Assad

The Free Syrian Army has joined Turkish soldiers in the attack into northern Syria against the Kurds in Afrin. The FSA formed to fight the Assad regime and supposedly for democracy, but now they are back Erdogan’s forces hoping to gain support from Turkey. In mid-January, a delegation from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) traveled […]

Kurdish fighters kill 2 Turkish soldiers over the weekend

Two more Turkish soldiers were killed over the past weekend during combat operations in Afrin, a Kurdish control city/region in northern Syria. A total of 16 Turkish soldiers have been killed since the start of Operation Olive Branch according to Turkish authorities. The two soldiers recently killed were hit by mortar fire from the Kurdish […]

Turkish Soldier Killed in Rocket Attack During Fighting in Syria

A Turkish soldier was killed and five others wounded by rocket and mortar fire from militants in northwest Syria as Turkish forces continued to press their offensive in the Idlib area, Turkey’s military said on Tuesday. It was the second attack in a week on Turkish soldiers trying to establish a position near the frontline […]

Secretary of Defense Mattis remains diplomatic over Turkey’s assault on Afrin.

When Secretary of Defense James Mattis was questioned about Turkey‘s offensive against the Syrian Kurdish controlled region of Afrin, he responded with, “When rockets come over a border, or insurgents come over a border — and not just in — in this Syria complex situation, but also out of northern Iraq and all — then […]

Interview with an American YPG fighter: Straight Outta Raqqa

Kurt: Who are you and what’s your background besides YPG? Mitchell: Mitchell Clark — I have a pretty typical small town AmericanAmericanAmerican story. I grew up playing football and got really serious about it in high school. I was planning on going to college to play, but I had a severe shoulder injury that pretty […]

YPG foreign fighters arrive in Afrin to fight Turkey

When the battle for Raqqa concluded, many of the foreign fighters that had inserted themselves into the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ranks, primarily into the Kurdish YPG, returned home as the Islamic State in caliphate form was no more. Now, as Turkey attacks the Kurdish held city of Afrin, it seems the remaining few have emerged […]

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 […]

Trump tells Erdogan to curb Turkey’s Afrin offensive in Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to curtail his country’s military operations in Syria’s Afrin and avoid risk of conflict with American forces, the White House said. In a phone call on Wednesday, “President Trump relayed concerns that escalating violence in Afrin, Syria, risks undercutting our shared goals in Syria,” the […]

Foreign fighters join YPG fight against Turkey in Afrin

A group of foreign fighters, including three Britons, is heading to the Syrian city of Afrin to join the Kurdish YPG militia in their fight against Turkey. The news came as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Wednesday to press Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish militias in Syria until “the last terroristthe last terroristthe last […]

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 […]

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 […]