Kurds

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• 11/3/19
  

  A History of Why Trump Abandoned the Kurds

  by Ed Simon

  That the Kurds are associated with socialism, anti-fascism, and radical democracy isn’t incidental to Trump’s abandonment of them – it’s the reason why he has.

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• 10/20/19
  

  The Greatest Danger in the Kurdish Crisis

  by Zaman Stanizai

  If the heavy-handedness of the Turkish military is any indication, Erdogan seems to be bent on the ethnic cleansing and relocation of Kurds in northern Syria and resettling their lands along the Turkish border with Arab Syrian refugees currently residing in Turkey.

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• 10/20/19
  

  Kurdish Stalingrad: The Origins of the US-YPG Battle Synergy

  by Robert Troy Souza

  The American president would be wise to familiarize himself with the recent history that led to the small falafel shop in central Kobane that bears his name.

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• 11/7/19
  

  The History Briefing on Syria and the Kurds: How Historians Have Covered this Top Story

  by Jared Levinson

  See what historians have to say about the United States withdrawing its military troops present in Northern Syria.

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• SOURCE: Yahoo! News
  10/11/19
  

  A history of selling out the Kurds, people with 'no friends but the mountains'

  It has been a constant theme in the history of the Kurds, an ethnic group indigenous to parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/10/19
  

  Military Leaders Fear They’ve Seen This Before. It Ended in the Iraq War.

  The last time the United States abandoned allies in the Middle East, military officials say, it helped lead to the Iraq war.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/10/12
  

  Trump Says the Kurds ‘Didn’t Help’ at Normandy. Here’s the History.

  Kurds may not have been present at the D-Day landings, but there is evidence some fought for the Allies during World War II.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  12/20/2018
  

  A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

  by Juan Cole

  Among the losers:  Israel, Kurds.  Among the winners:  Turkey, Iran, Russia.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-22-17
  

  Israelis are celebrating the Kurds’ bid for independence

  Here’s what they’re saying.

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• SOURCE: Washington Times
  9-10-14
  

  Daniel Pipes admits he was wrong to dismiss the Kurds back in 1991

  by Daniel Pipes

  "I can account for these errors: In 1991, no one knew that autonomous Kurdish rule in Iraq would flourish as it has."