Kurds
Syria – Tillerson Announces Occupation Goals – Erdogan Makes Empty Threats
January 18, 2018
For a few days now Turkey has threatened to invade Afrin (Efrin), a Kurdish held canton in the north-west of Syria.
Afrin (topographic)...
Syria: Turkey war planes launch strikes on Afrin
Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria in a move likely to raise tensions with the US.
Turkey wants...
The Destabilizer: Trump’s Escalating Threats Against Iran
by Patrick Cockburn
The US-Iran confrontation is already destabilising parts of the Middle East that were starting to settle down after the defeat of Isis...
Kurdish Production Cooperatives begin to grow in Northern Syria
Source: Kurdistan America Latina, Co-operative Economy
January 3, 2018
Cooperative societies have been created in Northern Syria in order to develop community economies. They have proven that...
Turkey’s Looming Crisis
by Conn Hallinan
December 22, 2017
Viewed one way, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks unassailable: He weathered last year’s coup attempt, jailed more than 50,000...
US Coalition out of Syria now!
Syria Solidarity Movement Statement
December 22, 2017
Both great powers, Russia and the USA, recently claimed victory over the Islamic State (aka Daesh, ISIS, ISIL) in...
Picture Story A red flag over Raqqa
GARY OAK presents a photograph of International Freedom Battalion members recreating the famous 1945 photo Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
TO MARK the victory...
Clean Break II: Iran Hawks Decide to Burn It All Down
by Derek Davison and Jim Lobe
The 20th century was rife with partitions, many of them involving European powers carving up colonial possessions in Africa...
As Russia Redraws the Map in Syria, Putin and Iran Are...
Russian diplomacy in Syria is not seen as likely to yield a peace deal, while Putin and Iranian leaders differ on how best to...
Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New...
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
This article first published by GR in November 2006 is of particular relevance to an understanding of the ongoing process of...