10/12 US, Israel and Turkey Launch Airstrikes in Syria After Cheering Regime Change

Several nations have been loudly cheering the weekend regime change in Syria (some are even taking credit for it). But despite the Islamist faction they were backing ending up taking Damascus, neither the US, Turkey, nor Israel are actually stopping attacks on Syrian territory. If anything, they are increasing strikes.

The US, Turkey and Israel all carried out … Läs mer “10/12 US, Israel and Turkey Launch Airstrikes in Syria After Cheering Regime Change”

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5/7 – Patrick Coburn: The Mass Ethnic Cleansing of Syrian Kurds is Collateral Damage From the War in Ukraine

Kurderna lider den största skadan till följd av kriget i Ukraina, skriver Patrick Coburn. Ukrainska flyktingar drar till sig global uppmärksamhet, men Ukrainakriget har även öppnat dörren på vid gavel för massutdrivningen av två miljoner syriska kurder, som sannolikt kommer att ske under de kommande månaderna. Turkiet hotar att slutföra den etniska rensningen av kurder från norra Syrien … Läs mer “5/7 – Patrick Coburn: The Mass Ethnic Cleansing of Syrian Kurds is Collateral Damage From the War in Ukraine”

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14/6 – Patrick Coburn: Turkey’s Assault on Syrian Kurds: a Secondary Crises of the Ukraine War?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is producing secondary crises. Some are well publicised, such as the threat to world food supplies because the war has prevented Ukraine exporting millions of tons of grain from its Black Sea ports. The exodus of Ukrainian refugees crammed onto trains as they sought refuge in other countries was shown on every television … Läs mer “14/6 – Patrick Coburn: Turkey’s Assault on Syrian Kurds: a Secondary Crises of the Ukraine War?”

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