Foreign Policy: An Angry Congress Prepares to Rebuke Trump Over Kurds

Bipartisan sanctions legislation targeting Turkey’s leadership places U.S. President Donald Trump on a collision course with congressional Republicans furious over his decision to abandon America’s Kurdish allies in northeastern Syria. Set to be introduced next week when Congress returns from recess, the measure represents a major rebuke of Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops from northern Syria and open the door to a Turkish offensive aimed at clearing...


Author: ELIAS GROLL, ROBBIE GRAMER [read full article]

Two years later, John McCain’s words still ring true: “I Choose the Kurds”

Nearly two years ago, to the day, the late Senator John McCain penned a powerful op-ed in The New York Times supporting the Kurds as Kirkuk was invaded by Iranian and Iraqi forces, following the 2017 referendum. The silence from the West, particularly the United States, was deafening. The scents of betrayal and shame, regretfully, have not dissipated and today, we are faced with the devastating news of...


Author: Justice for Kurds [read full article]

Algemeiner: An Inside Look at the Struggle Against ISIS

Below is an excerpt from Seth J. Frantzman’s After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East (Gefen Publishing, Jerusalem, 2019) After a short drive, past buildings and walls pockmarked with mortar fragments, we reached the berm. Using bulldozers, the Kurds had built up a long berm stretching from Telskuf toward the south. Every hundred or so meters, they put sandbagged positions, a few tents for sleeping quarters,...


Author: Seth J. Frantzman [read full article]