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[repulsewarrior]

...the children.

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/conten ... t%20Minute

...and meanwhile Turkey has Idlib to occupy its time, with its outposts surrounded by the grateful enemy who did not stop with the town itself.

[repulsewarrior]

...on and on.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mide ... t%20Minute

...just another camp, some would say; the UN begs for unhindered access.

[repulsewarrior]

...Russian deaths obfuscated, it appears,

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Russi ... ses-579736

Gancherov's account is one of half a dozen instances Reuters has identified where the Kremlin-linked private military organization that recruited the fighters returned bodies more than seven weeks after the battle and with official documents bearing details that people who knew them say were incorrect.

According to relatives and a battlefield witness, the fighters all died in the clash in Syria's Deir al-Zor region, which took place overnight on Feb. 7.

Such practices, an unusual pattern for Russian fighters killed in Syria, would have helped conceal heavy casualties until after President Vladimir Putin’s re-election in mid-March.

[repulsewarrior]

...news (we have heard before),

https://www.dw.com/en/islamic-state-in- ... newsletter

...the war is over? Which war? What is next?

[Paphitis]

...news (we have heard before),

https://www.dw.com/en/islamic-state-in- ... newsletter

...the war is over? Which war? What is next?

It tells you one thing. The Coalition and the SDF were the only forces that fought ISIS all the way through.

All the way to the bitter end for ISIS in Syria at least. And also in Iraq.

[Robin Hood]

Paphitis:

It tells you one thing. The Coalition and the SDF were the only forces that fought ISIS all the way through.

All the way to the bitter end for ISIS in Syria at least. And also in Iraq.

Yes of course you did! Because Assad, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah were too busy driving your coalition funded and armed Jihadi terrorist proxies out of Syrian cities so they could join ISIS and then the US Coalition could finish them off.

BTW: many of the SDF have seen sense and have since chosen to take the amnesty and join the SAA rather than get exterminated by them.

Now the US wants European countries to take all these terrorists, try them and imprison them as apparently all the US prisons are full up ......... with Americans! Once again the US threatens their coalition partners in Europe that if they do not comply with the US instructions the US will release all the ISIS fighters and let them rampage through Europe. Nice to know you can rely on the US ..... init?

IMO: I think they should send them all to Australia as Europe is full........... and you have plenty of room to spare!

[repulsewarrior]

...a very interesting article, of a Kurdish perspective not so expected,



But on Feb. 23, the Independent Kurdish Coalition of Syria met in Turkey’s Mediterranean city of Mersin. The coalition defines itself not as a party or an organization, but as a fully independent initiative. Its members include notable politicians, lawyers, writers, academics and religious figures. The group, which had met quietly three times before, held its largest meeting in Turkey at the same time a potential Turkish operation east of the Euphrates River is being considered.

The coalition readily gives the impression it was created by or is at least strongly supported by Turkey, adorning its meeting hall with Turkish flags and holding its previous meetings in the Syrian town of Afrin, which is under Turkish control.

About 300 people attended the meeting in Turkey. The questions most discussed were: “Who represents the Kurds?” “What are Kurdish interests?” and “Who are their friends and enemies?” The most debated topic was the YPG and its PYD political wing. The new group shares Turkey’s views on this matter and freely describes the PYD and YPG as terrorists.

Coalition President Abdulaziz Temo said Syrian Kurds have been played like cards in hands of other countries. Speaking to Al-Monitor, he said Kurds have been looking for a solution within Syria. “We are part of the Syrian people," he said. "When the question is fully solved in Syria, our problems will also be solved, and as Syrian Kurds we will achieve our rights.”

According to Temo, Syrian Kurds are being squeezed between the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, and the Qandil Mountains — the main command center of the outlawed PKK.



Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/origin ... z5hMMJHxxS

[Paphitis]

...a very interesting article, of a Kurdish perspective not so expected,



But on Feb. 23, the Independent Kurdish Coalition of Syria met in Turkey’s Mediterranean city of Mersin. The coalition defines itself not as a party or an organization, but as a fully independent initiative. Its members include notable politicians, lawyers, writers, academics and religious figures. The group, which had met quietly three times before, held its largest meeting in Turkey at the same time a potential Turkish operation east of the Euphrates River is being considered.

The coalition readily gives the impression it was created by or is at least strongly supported by Turkey, adorning its meeting hall with Turkish flags and holding its previous meetings in the Syrian town of Afrin, which is under Turkish control.

About 300 people attended the meeting in Turkey. The questions most discussed were: “Who represents the Kurds?” “What are Kurdish interests?” and “Who are their friends and enemies?” The most debated topic was the YPG and its PYD political wing. The new group shares Turkey’s views on this matter and freely describes the PYD and YPG as terrorists.

Coalition President Abdulaziz Temo said Syrian Kurds have been played like cards in hands of other countries. Speaking to Al-Monitor, he said Kurds have been looking for a solution within Syria. “We are part of the Syrian people," he said. "When the question is fully solved in Syria, our problems will also be solved, and as Syrian Kurds we will achieve our rights.”

According to Temo, Syrian Kurds are being squeezed between the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, and the Qandil Mountains — the main command center of the outlawed PKK.



Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/origin ... z5hMMJHxxS

Do you really care about the Kurds RW.

The only powers to have given material support to the Kurds has been the Coalition.

You are an Assad fanboi and that say's a lot!

[miltiades]

Is President Assad still ....there ??

[Paphitis]

Is President Assad still ....there ??

He still there. King of a destroyed country. A Pariah with no future and in total isolation. Even North Cyprus has a better status than Syria today. It took 13 years to get Suddam Hussein and it took 10 years to get Osama Bin Laden. Let's see if we can break some records.

In the meantime, they take North Korea's status as the North Koreans have taken steps to approach the rest of the world ass of late.