The Trump administration betrayed the Kurds in Syria. But there is still time to turn things around.
Posts Tagged: Islamic State
Despite al-Baghdadi’s death, Trump is creating the conditions groups like ISIS thrive in.
It is sickening that the U.S. would deliver the Kurds to Turkish violence, but that doesn't mean we should embrace the U.S. presence in Syria.
After 13 rounds of talks in Kazakhstan, the parties are aiming small. Still, that’s a lot better than nothing.
The Kurds and the Misratan militias have seen U.S. support evaporate.
New reports show an escalation in civilian casualties from U.S. operations in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia — and a pattern of U.S. denial about the scale of the problem.
The group's caliphate may be crumbled, but the political conditions that gave rise to it haven't improved at all.
The war is winding down but very little progress has been made on addressing the underlying causes.
A bloody siege looms over Idlib, the U.S. is digging into the east, and conflict between Iran and Israel may put Syria in the crosshairs.
Russia had a program to return Russian women and children from Iraq and Syria. What happened to it?