Tag Archives: ISIS

Mid-East war goes Orwellian: ISIS fighters (Kurds and their US allies) are now ‘terrorists’

Posted on 14 September, 2016 by

It may have been just lazy journalism, but a BBC Radio 4 news update stated how Turkey was now determined to beat both Daesh (Isis/Isil) and YPG “terrorists”. No qualification or caveat was added to that statement, in spite of the fact … Continue reading →

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Claims that US war coalition include Al-Qaeda affiliates and ISIS militants – what!!!

Posted on 30 August, 2016 by

It is claimed that thanks to Turkey the US-led coalition can now boast not only ISIS militants but also Al-Qaeda-affiliated brigades. Spearheading Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria is a rag-bag of Islamist units, whose mission is simple: to seek out, … Continue reading →

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Minbiç women liberated from ISIS – their horror stories and their desperate appeal for aid

Posted on 21 August, 2016 by

For more than two months there has been a relentless war in the area of Minbiç. Minbiç is strategically important as it connects Turkey with Raqqa, the headquarters of ISIS. The area is also important for the protection of the … Continue reading →

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Turkey: post-coup purge begins – but will the people overthrow Erdogan too?

Posted on 16 July, 2016 by

Don’t fear for Erdogan or cheer the military – Turkey has a long history of coups and authoritarian governments. President Erdogan is blaming the Gulen Movement for the latest coup attempt (he refers to the Movement as the ‘parallel structure’). … Continue reading →

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Erdogan’s secret assassin squads, with links to ISIS, exposed by insider

Posted on 26 June, 2016 by

A Turkish whistleblower has claimed that a defence consulting company in Turkey has been training a secret armed organization to serve as an alternative army to Turkish Security Forces (TSK) and carry out bloody attacks on the orders of President … Continue reading →

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Kurd women’s militia leads northern wing of 30,000 SDF forces to lay siege on Raqqa (and unite cantons)

Posted on 25 May, 2016 by

The northern operation of the Kurd-led SDF advance on Raqqa, currently underway, is being led by YPJ (Kurd women’s militia) anarchist-feminist, Commander Rojda Felat. Altogether 30,000 SDF militia are readying to lay siege to the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa and … Continue reading →

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Did Turkey’s government strike a deal with ISIS?

Posted on 12 May, 2016 by

There are growing worries about whether Turkey’s political Islamist rulers have struck a secret bargain with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) Turkish branch in which ISIS will refrain from targeting Turkish interests, at least for the time being, … Continue reading →

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