Syria

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• 11/1/2020
  

  Trump Claims Credit for Defeating ISIS. Pentagon Documents Show Otherwise

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  A historian and scholar of the War on Terror says that Trump's claims of credit in the fight against ISIS are hot air. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/6/2020
  

  Will the Virus Trigger a Second Arab Spring?

  The coronavirus outbreak is likely to bring into focus the legitimacy and governance deficit of troubled Middle Eastern regimes.

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• 2/2/20
  

  If the Pentagon is worried by climate change, shouldn’t we be worried too?  

  by David Carlin

  As the world warms, Syria offers a cautionary tale about how climate change may destabilize societies and sow global chaos.

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• 11/7/19
  

  The History Briefing on the Assassination of ISIS Founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: How Historians Have Discussed Recent News

  by Lila Someshwar

  Historians give much-needed context to a complex issue. 

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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: CBS News
  10/15/19
  

  Video of the Week: The history behind Turkey's involvement in Syria's civil war

  Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria highlights the complicated relationship between the U.S., Turkey and the Kurds.

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• 10/15/19
  

  An Act of Betrayal and Infamy

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  To think that the President would sell America’s interests and abandon its allies for the sake of personal financial gain is not merely outrageous but criminal. 

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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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• 8/25/19
  

  Israel’s 2007 Decision to Attack a Syrian Nuclear Facility is History and Warning

  by Edwin Black

  When reading Katz’s book, we are reminded that as complex and difficult as the Syrian strike was, any similar action on Iran’s nuclear capability would be infinitely more daunting and riskier. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/9/19
  

  Now for Sale on Facebook: Looted Middle Eastern Antiquities

  Artifacts said to have been taken from the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria have been offered for sale on Facebook.

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  4/6/19
  

  Trump says he made Golan Heights decision after a quick history lesson

  “I went - ‘BING!’ - it was done,” Trump said on Saturday, describing the swiftness of his decision. “We make fast decisions. And we make good decisions.”

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• 4/7/19
  

  The Golan Heights: Its History and Significance Today

  by Moriel Ram

  Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights might have serious repercussions for the future but to understand exactly why, and how, it’s necessary to first understand the past.      

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  3/21/19
  

  A Brief History of the Golan Heights, Claimed by Israel and Syria

  The Six-Day War of June 1967 ended in decisive victories for Israel, which seized the Golan Heights from Syria.

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• 2/18/19
  

  Proof that Bombs Can Stop Genocide

  by Rafael Medoff

  If President Roosevelt had heeded the pleas that were made in 1944 to use force against the machinery of genocide, many lives could have been saved.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  12-31-2018
  

  Daniel Pipes is not happy about Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria

  In an interview he chalked up the decision to impulsiveness.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-23-2018
  

  Max Boot the victim of a fake headline apparently concocted by QAnon, the rightwing conspiracy pro-Trump troll

  by Max Boot

  A photoshopped headline made it seem that Boot had changed his opinion about troops in Syria.