Kurds

The Syrian Army Defends Civilians in Northeast

November 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Kurds, Middle East Wars, Syria, Turkey

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, November 4, 2019 Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have continued to pull back as agreed, while the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their Russian military allies have taken positions through much of the northeast of Syria, to counter the Turkish invasion. There are clashes sporadically, and the Turkish backed sectarian militias have committed[…]

U.S., NATO, Turkey out of Syria!

October 17, 2019 UNAC Editor Imperialism, Kurds, Middle East Wars, Syria

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, October 15, 2019 The conflict within the U.S. ruling class about the Turkish invasion of northern Syria has created some confusion about events there. The latest new development — an alliance of Kurdish-based forces with the Syrian national army to defend the border from the Turkish army — may increase that confusion. To[…]

Syrian Kurds begin break with U.S. imperialism

March 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Kurds, Middle East Wars, Syria

U.S. President Trump discussed the situation in Syria with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in November 2017. by Jeff Mackler, originally published on Socialist Action, March 17. 2018 The U.S. imperialist war against the Syrian government and people stood exposed as never before when the fighters it had backed to the hilt in the name of fighting the Islamic State (ISIS),[…]