Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria, not to ensure to safety of any group of people, but to occupy the country’s oil reserves and block the Syrian government from revenue needed for reconstruction, reports Ben Norton.
Category: Turkey
US Democrats Cultivated the Barbarism of ISIS
The Islamic State didn’t emerge out of nowhere, writes Jonathan Cook. It was entirely a creation of two decades of U.S. interference in the Middle East.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Trump & the Turkish Invasion of Northern Syria
As`ad AbuKhalil dissects the false U.S. show of humanitarian concern for people in Syria — Arab or Kurdish.
US Has Backed 21 of the 28 ‘Crazy’ Militias Leading Turkey’s Brutal Invasion of Northern Syria
New data from Turkey reveals almost all the mercenary force of “Arab militias” getting slammed by former and current U.S. officials were armed and trained in the past by the CIA and Pentagon, reports Max Blumenthal.
PEPE ESCOBAR: The Road to Damascus: How the Syria War was Won
Following the Damascus-Kurdish alliance, Syria may become the biggest defeat for the Central Intelligence Agency since Vietnam, says Pepe Escobar.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Predictable Mess on Syria’s Border with Turkey
Trump just missed an opportunity to pull back troops without inducing another bloodbath.
CN Live! Episode 13: Turkey Invades Syria; History and Present of the Anti-War Movement
CNLive! presents Episode 13: The Turkish Invasion of Syria and the History and Present of the Anti-War Movement with: Brian Becker, Margaret Flowers, Kevin Zeese, As’ad Abu Khalil, Mark Sleboda and Giorgio Cafiero.
Aid Groups Warn of Humanitarian Crisis from Turkey’s Assault on Syria
Doctors Without Borders and other groups raise alarm over everything from massive new flows of refugees to conditions for Islamic State fighters detained during a previous phase in Syria’s chaotic civil war.
WATCH THE REPLAY: WikiLeaks Editor Kristinn Hrafnsson, Michael Isikoff, Pepe Escobar, As’ad AbuKhalil on CN Live!
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, journalists Michael Isikoff and Pepe Escobar, political scientist As’ad AbuKhalil and author George Szamuely on Episode 2 of CNLive!
Israel’s Involvement in Libya’s Civil War
For several reasons, Israel has joined various Arab powers to back a strongman in Libya, explains Giorgio Cafiero.