In the midst of the bloody war in Syria, the Kurds took advantage of the chaos and claimed control over northern Syria in 2012. They established a so-called “government” there led by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party or PYD. Its armed force is the YPG (People’s Protection Units), which is the Syrian wing of the […]
The Kurds are paying a heavy price in this battle — but not because of a US betrayal
Kenneth Timmerman’s article below is eminently reasonable, and he is right: the political and media elites that are howling over Trump’s “betrayal” of the Kurds will keep howling no matter what evidence is presented in defense of the withdrawal, because “none of them truly care about the Kurds.” All they want is a stick they […]
ISIS children: “We will crush the heads of the apostates. By the will of Allah, Islamic State caliphate remains.”
This is what Islamic State children are learning. Meanwhile, our children are learning that the U.S. is a racist, colonialist, imperialist extension of white privilege and white supremacy, guilty before the world. What will happen when these two groups meet? “Refugee children praise ISIS, vow to ‘crush’ apostates, videos from Syrian camps show,” by Hollie […]