The US has been repeatedly trying to reassure their Kurdish allies that they don’t face any major threat from Turkey. Turkey, however, seems to be going out of their way to make clear they are very much a threat, and that their goal in the region is the end of Kurdish...
Turkey Masses Troops on Syria Border, Large Scale Invasion May Be Imminent
Though it has reportedly been extended until the end of the week, the failure to make the ceasefire between Turkish-backed forces and the US-backed Kurdish SDF permanent is expected to lead to more fighting. It is starting to look like the fight for northern Syria...
US Assures Syrian Kurdish SDF After Turkish FM Says Goal Is to Wipe Them Out
It has been a wild 72 hours for the Kurdish-dominated SDF forces in Syria’s northeast. After substantial fighting over the city of Manbij and a 4-day truce conditioned entirely on the SDF removing themselves and their families from the area, the relative stability in...
Despite Talk of a ‘Nuclear Leap,’ Little About Iran’s Enrichment Program Has Changed
This week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) offered it’s latest secret assessment to member states about the status of Iran’s civilian nuclear program, including its enrichment of uranium. As usual, aspects of this assessment were quickly leaked, and...
Biden Might Be Keeping Trump’s Cuba Policy to Get More Votes in Miami
The White House has said changing changing Cuba policy is not a priority
Biden Won’t Extend Trump Waiver for US Oil Company in Northeast Syria
Trump reversed his decision to withdraw from Syria in 2019 to ‘keep the oil’
Pentagon Still Won’t Disclose Troop Numbers in Combat Zones
Under Trump, the Pentagon stopped released troop data
Pentagon Mulls Keeping Trump-Era Change to Psychological Operations
Trump gave the US military more authority to conduct psyops
Biden Discloses Some Trump-Era Drone Strike Rules
The Biden administration is currently reviewing Trump’s changes
Biden to Proceed With Trump’s $23 Billion UAE Arms Sale
The arms package is the UAE’s reward for Israel normalization


