Turkey

Turkey Manufacturing Water Crisis to Pressure Damascus and Syria’s Kurds

June 27, 2021 UNAC Editor Syria, Turkey

by Paul Antinopoulos, published on InfoBRICS, May 20, 2021 This point is an important one. Turkey and Israel have been stealing Syria’s water for decades. Israel has redirected the substantial water resources of the Golan into Israel and Turkey uses upstream dams on the Euphrates to limit water going into Syria and Iraq. Turkey is misbehaving at present due to[…]

Turkey Cuts Off Water to One Million Syrians in Blazing Summer Heat

August 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey

By Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, August 23, 2020 Turkish President Erdogan has sought to create an image for himself as the champion of religion. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also tried to claim they were following a religion, yet both to used water as a weapon of war. Water in Islam Turkey is almost 100%[…]

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[…]

Trump Shifts from Ending “Forever Wars” to Sending Tanks into Syria’s Oil Fields

October 27, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Russia, Syria, Turkey, U.S. Aggression

By Bill Van Auken , published on World Socialist Website, 26 October 2019 US Defense Secretary Mark Esper Friday confirmed that Washington would leave military forces in Syria to maintain control of the country’s principal oil and gas fields. The Pentagon is “considering how we might reposition forces in the area in order to make sure that we secure the[…]

US Has Backed 21 of the 28 ‘Crazy’ Militias Leading Turkey’s Brutal Invasion of Northern Syria

October 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Syria, Turkey, US Hypocrisy

By Max Blumenthal, Published on The Grayzone, October 16, 2019 Former and current US officials have slammed the Turkish mercenary force of “Arab militias” for executing and beheading Kurds in northern Syria. New data from Turkey reveals that almost all of these militias were armed and trained in the past by the CIA and Pentagon. Footage showing members of Turkey’s[…]

The United States Air Force at Incirlik, Our National “Black Eye”

October 21, 2019 UNAC Editor Turkey, US Foreign Bases, War and Weapons

by Brian Terrell, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, October 18, 2019 Current events concerning Turkey and the Kurds in Syria remind me of a conversation I had with a US Air Force colonel almost 17 years ago in a courtroom in Des Moines. To refresh my memory, I dug deep into my closet and dusted off the transcript of[…]