Turkey is preparing for the possibility of an influx of refugees from Iran, Bloomberg has reported, as the US is preparing to launch a potential attack on the Islamic Republic, which could spark a full-blown regional war. Bloomberg's sources said that officials in...
Vance’s X Account Deletes Post About Armenian Genocide
Vice President JD Vance's X account posted a tweet on Tuesday mentioning the Armenian genocide and quickly deleted it as the Trump administration has reversed the Biden administration's policy of recognizing the Ottoman Empire's systematic mass killing of Armenian...
Turkish DM: No Plans to Withdraw Troops From Either Syria or Iraq
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler says that the Turkish military has no intention of withdrawing from either Iraq or Syria irrespective of what agreements have been reached by other factions within those countries. There had been speculation, particularly with...
Report: Turkey Blocks Aid Convoy From Reaching Syria’s Kobane
The Kurdish majority city of Kobane remains under the control of the SDF, and despite yet another deal between Kurdish officials and the Syrian government which was meant to resolve the conflict, the city remains under siege. As the siege of the city approaches two...
Scrapping Support for Syria’s Kurds, US Has Chance to Boost Turkey Ties
The US has effectively declared an end to their military support for the Syrian Kurdish SDF is causing no small amount of resentment in the Kurdish community, which after a long-term partnership feels that they are watching a “betrayal” in real time, as Syrian...
Fresh Fighting Between Syria and Kurdish SDF After Ceasefire Deal
Sunday’s ceasefire between the Syrian military and the Kurdish SDF lasted less than 24 hours, following a lot of their recent ceasefires in giving way to immediate new rounds of fighting in the Raqqa Governorate, this time centering on the al-Aqtan Prison. The...
Syrian Army Declares Curfew in Kurdish Parts of Aleppo, Escalates Crackdown on Neighborhoods
The Syrian Army’s latest fight with the Kurdish SDF is further escalating today, with the army now not only declaring multiple Kurdish neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo “active military zones” and now imposing daytime curfews on those parts of the city, while firing...
Seven Killed, Mostly Civilians, Many Wounded as Syrian Army, Kurds Clash in Aleppo
Fighting erupted between the Kurdish SDF and the Syrian Army today in the Aleppo Governorate, with the battle centering around a checkpoint in the town of Deir Hafer. At least seven people were killed in the course of the fighting, six of them civilians. A number of...
Syria Pushes ‘Final Offer’ for Kurdish Integration into the Military
The Syrian government has introduced what is simultaneously being called a “final offer” and an “ultimatum” for the integration of the Kurdish SDF into the Syrian armed forces, guaranteeing the Kurds significant representation in the military and the creation of new...
Kurdish SDF Sees Integration Into Syrian Army as Step Toward National Unity
Earlier this week, leaders of the SDF signaled a willingness to proceed with the integration of their forces into the national army of Syria, something which was agreed to back on March 10 but which has been stalled by persistent questions about federalization within...


