So, the Russians might set up a no-fly zone? Why couldn't we... I know the Russians are there because of Assad but still:
Babak Taghvaee
@BabakTaghvaee
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#BREAKING: #Russia has not yet established No-Fly Zone over NE #Syria due to the fact that withdrawal of #US SOF is Now delayed for another 12 hours! Tomorrow when #Syria Arab Army will start its offensive against #Turkish Army & its terrorists, No-Fly zone might be established!
https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1183504515850473474
Turk written editorial in the NY Times today (Ted Cruz wrote a one time opinion piece too, for WaPo or the NYT, so did Rubio, I guess as these are probably the countries largest newspapers, they publish these kinds of things):
Opinion | Why Turkey Took the Fight to Syria
By Mevlut Cavusoglu
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/opinion/turkey-syria-military-operation.html
Joyce Karam
@Joyce_Karam
Surreal week covering #Syria. Reflecting on conflict, some Qs:
• What did half million Syrian die for?
• Who draws the borders in Mideast?
• What does US stand for in region?
• What are the rules of invasions and ethnic transfers?
• Where are we headed?
No easy answers...
https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1183502291850223616
Square miles, Syria is around the size of Florida, unbelievable about this war.
Some reports say the CHRISTIANS are in fact, happy that they are submitting to the Damascus government, maybe the CHRISTIANS benefit from all of this. This is of course, unconfirmed, you know, retweets don't mean endorsement.
Pullback Leaves Green Berets Feeling ‘Ashamed,’ and Kurdish Allies Describing ‘Betrayal’
By Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Ben Hubbard and Helene Cooper
Kurdish troops in the Syrian town of Manbij, near the border with Turkey, at a front-line position last year.CreditCreditIvor Prickett for The New York Times
Oct. 13, 2019Updated 6:22 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — American commandos were working alongside Kurdish forces at an outpost in eastern Syria last year when they were attacked by columns of Syrian government tanks and hundreds of troops, including Russian mercenaries. In the next hours, the Americans threw the Pentagon’s arsenal at them, including B-52 strategic bombers. The attack was stopped.
That operation, in the middle of the American-led campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, showed the extent to which the United States military was willing to protect the Syrian Kurds, its main ally on the ground.
But now, with the White House revoking protection for these Kurdish fighters, some of the Special Forces officers who battled alongside the Kurds say they feel deep remorse at orders to abandon their allies.
More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/middleeast/kurds-syria-turkey-trump.html
Joyce Karam
@Joyce_Karam
Who does US withdrawal benefit in #Syria ?
1- Russia (boosts Putin, outreach to Kurds inc SDF)
2- ISIS (biggest threat)
3- Assad (takeover US areas)
4- Iran (land bridge and influence)
5- Turkey (operate freely in NE)
https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1183392822537474048
We drop the ball big time, at least, maybe we won't be in the "endless war", sad, and we will remain in Iraq, I'm not really all that happy with being in Saudi Arabia though, SA is probably reforming some.
OKAY, here it is:
Iraqi Christian Foundation
@iraqschristians
Syrian Christians in Northeast #Syria confirm they oppose the Kurdish-YPG militia & have been held hostage by YPG. Syrian Christians pray the YPG terrorists will finally be forced out & that the Syrian Army will take control of the area. Keep #SyrianChristians in your prayers.
🙏
https://twitter.com/iraqschristians/status/1183416398502121473
Unfortunately, the biggest cause of the problems over there probably is Assad but for Christians, he probably is best for them from all of my research, not that he necessarily adores them but minority groups, the Druze too, probably are helpful against the Sunni masses. Assad probably has aided forces that have hurt Americans, definitely so, so we will see.
#syria for more.