We are all to blame - The mess in the middle east - Trump pulls out troops

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The West Owns Syria’s Disaster

"Trump’s green light for Turkey’s assault on the Kurds is appalling. But he’s not the only one to blame."

 

BY JASMIN MUJANOVIĆ - Jasmin Mujanović is a political scientist specializing in the politics of southeastern Europe. He is the author of the book Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans.

 | OCTOBER 11, 2019, 1:19 PM

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/11/the-west-owns-syrias-disaster/

 

Mourners carrying the coffin of a Syrian boy who was killed in rocket and mortar attacks in Akcakale.Credit - Mauricio Lima for The New York Times

 

ISIS Rears Its Head, Adding to Chaos as Turkey Battles Kurds

A prison break and a bombing claimed by the Islamic State punctuated fears that the Turkish invasion, now in its third day, was sowing mayhem.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/world/middleeast/turkey-syria-kurds.html

Carlotta Gall is the Istanbul bureau chief, covering Turkey. She previously covered the aftershocks of the Arab Spring from Tunisia, reported from the Balkans during the war in Kosovo and Serbia, and covered Afghanistan and Pakistan. @carlottagall • Facebook

Patrick Kingsley is an international correspondent, based in Berlin. He previously covered migration and the Middle East for The Guardian. @PatrickKingsley

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'Excerpt:.............CEYLANPINAR, Turkey — The Turkish invasion of Kurdish-held territory in northern Syria raised new fears of a resurgence of the Islamic State on Friday, as five militants escaped from a Kurdish-run prison and the extremist group claimed responsibility for a bomb that exploded in the regional capital.

As Turkish troops launched a third night of airstrikes and ground incursions, Kurdish fighters said they had thwarted a second attempt to break out of a detention camp for families of Islamic State members.

The moves compounded a mounting sense of turmoil in northeast Syria, where tens of thousands of residents were reported fleeing south. The Turkish government said its troops had advanced five miles inside part of the country. Several major roads had been blocked and a major hospital abandoned."

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Israel strongly condemned the Turkish operation against Kurdish areas in northeast Syria and warned against the danger of ethnic cleansing of the Kurdish population by Turkey and its proxies.
 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan levelled a warning toward the European Union ‘not to condemn’ his country’s military operation in northeast Syria – or else – Ankara will expel all of the Syrian refugees in the direction of Europe.
 

Let’s not forget who the Aggressors here are.   
 

God help the Syrian and the Kurdish refugees , In particular
 

Edited October 13, 2019 by little2add

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On 10/13/2019 at 10:22 PM, little2add said:

Let’s not forget who the Aggressors here are.

...........nor the enabler............

 

On 10/13/2019 at 10:22 PM, little2add said:

God help the Syrian and the Kurdish refugees , In particular

Amen