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U.S. forces to stay in Syria for decades, say militia allies

Washington's main Syrian ally in the fight against Islamic State says the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria long after the jihadists are defeated, predicting enduring ties with the Kurdish-dominated region. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias dominated by the Kurdish YPG, believes the United States has a "strategic interest" […]

Netanyahu's Support for Kurds: Israel Looking for a New Ally in the Middle East?

The Israeli Prime Minister has recently voiced his support for the idea of creating an independent Kurdish state in parts of Iraq, despite strong opposition from Turkey and the US. Sputnik Radio discussed the statement with Israeli security analyst Shlomo Brom, who explained what possible reasons there could be behind this announcement. ------ Benjamin Netanyahu […]

IS pushes back against US-backed forces in Syria's Raqqa

Islamic State militants fought on Friday to repel the advance of U.S.-backed Syrian forces, days after they inched closer to the heart of the extremist group's de facto capital of Raqqa. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the IS fighters were waging counterattacks in the Old City of Raqqa, where the U.S.-backed Syrian […]

Turkey's intervention in Syria from Syrian perspective

THE LEVANT NEWS EXCLUSIVE - By Niazy G. Atay* - Turkey’s involvement in the Syrian crisis expanded to military action with the Operation Euphrates Shield (OES), initiated on 24 August. Hotly-debated issue of Turkey’s intervention to Syria at international and domestic levels came into existence following the reconciliation with Russia and the increase of terrorist […]

U.S.-backed Syrian alliance declares attack on ISIS in Raqqa

By Rodi Said | AIN ISSA, SYRIA -- A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups has launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State in Syria, the group said on Sunday. The new offensive ratchets up pressure on Islamic State at a critical moment, with its fighters […]

"Popular Mobilisation" launches offensive to seal off western Mosul

By Stephen Kalin and Ahmed Rasheed for REUTERS | Iraqi Shi'ite militias launched an offensive toward the west of Mosul on Saturday, an operation that will tighten the noose around Islamic State's Iraq stronghold but has alarmed Turkey and could inflame tensions in the mainly Sunni area. The battle for Mosul is expected to be […]

How Women can Defeat ISIS by Closing Heaven’s Door to Them

By Rashin Khosravibavandpouri -- Sulaymaniyah, Iraq — During my visit last month to the headquarters of the Iraqi Kurdish fighters, the Peshmerga, here, I discovered how women are defeating ISIS. Since ISIS fighters believe that they will not go to heaven if they are killed by a woman, this belief decreases their desire to become […]

Decoding the changing nature of ISIS’s insurgency

The Levant News -- By Hassan Hassan* -- The war against ISIL is changing, and how its opponents adapt will be a key test of the group’s ability to achieve its goals. A string of attacks and counter-attacks over the course of this year so far signal a major shift in the way the group […]

Syria ceasefire talks delayed: Russia

THE LEVANT NEWS: Russia said U.N.-led talks planned for Saturday between major international players on establishing a ceasefire in Syria had been postponed, as wrangling dragged on between the various sides. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian news agencies that the meeting in Geneva had been put back to an unspecified later date as […]

How Can Turkey Overcome its Foreign policy Mess?

THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Graham E. Fuller -- What does Turkey need to do to overcome its present foreign policy fiasco, one of the worst in modern Turkish history? The irony of all this is that those directly responsible for this mess—the team of Recep Tayip Erdogan (now president) and Ahmet Davutoglu, (former foreign […]

Hundreds of Yazidi women form an all-female battalion to launch massive assault on Mosul

By SIMON TOMLINSON FOR MAILONLINE Hundreds of former ISIS sex slaves have joined an all-female battalion to launch a massive assault against their abusers in Iraq. The Yazidi women – who call themselves the 'Force of the Sun Ladies' – have taken up arms in the quest for revenge but also to preserve the […]

ISIS- The Hour Has Struck

THE LEVANT NEWS -- by Graham E. Fuller-- ISIS, with its horrific attack on purely civilian targets in Paris, has established new realities about its nature, capabilities and intentions. The need for its elimination can now no longer be in doubt. It is not that Parisian lives are more important than others, but Paris changes […]

Turkey forces kill over 10 Kurdish militants, 44 detained in Istanbul

The Levant News -- Turkish security forces killed more than 10 suspected Kurdish militants amid intensifying clashes in the country’s southeast, while 44 people were arrested in Istanbul on suspicion of links with the rebels, officials and media reports said. The exact death toll from clashes in Silvan, a town in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakir province, was […]

Kurds Lose Fight To Sell Crude Oil In U.S.

The Levant News - - The self-governing Kurds can’t sell Iraqi crude oil in the U.S. under a court decision that puts a fresh hurdle in the path of Kurdish efforts to achieve financial independence from the central government in Baghdad. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans dismissed an attempt […]

Quantum Geopolitics

Quantum Geopolitics THE LEVANT NEWS -- By Reva Bhalla for Stratfor -- Forecasting the shape the world will take in several years or decades is an audacious undertaking. There are no images to observe or precise data points to anchor us. We can only create a picture, and a fuzzy one at best. This is, after […]

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