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I haven’t reviewed these, but this is a pretty good account from what I’ve seen and some people have indicated a desire to know more about the Kurds. And, assuming these are any good, it’s a cool move. If anyone is interested in documentaries/films on the Kurdish movement, here are all the ones I have:Continue reading “Nov 6 (7/7): Movie Night”

Happy With Nobody Michael Weiss links to a piece from August about some of the situation on the ground for civilians; stuff that can get lost in the geopolitics. In particular, it looks at protests in the Deir ez-Zur region against the SDF and how the SDF have (not) addressed the subject, and tensions (exploitation)Continue reading “Nov 6 (6/7): What a Mess”

Back to Business? Ummmmmmmm… As a result of series of meetings with Coalition leaders, #SDF is resuming its joint program of work with the Coalition to combat #ISIS and securing the infrastructure of NE #Syria. According to the current stage and new developments on the ground. — Mazloum Abdî مظلوم عبدي (@MazloumAbdi) November 6, 2019Continue reading “Nov 6 (5/7): What Changes?”

WOMENZ SPEAKING DEH WERDS!!@! A bit dated, but some context on our NATO ally and why it can be difficult to discern what is the will of the people and what is the political system. Leyla Zana, the first Kurdish woman elected to the Turkish Parliament, added a single sentence in Kurdish calling for peaceContinue reading “Nov 6 (4/7): Hood-Rat Things”

Erdogan Wants More than His Inch It has begun… RUDAW: ‘Safe zone’ in northern Syria not yet cleared of Kurdish forces: Erdogan ‘Safe zone’ in northern Syria not yet cleared of Kurdish forces: Erdogan ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Turkey is aware of the presence of Kurdish fighters in the planned “safe zone” in northern Syria,Continue reading “Nov 6 (3/7): Two Kinds of Hype”

DukeSox Rev – is the feeling in your monitoring of local media that this is something that couple spiral (even more) out of control and turn into a real state v state war (or a regional war) or is this all just power positioning now that there is a vacuum? OK, so: Are states gonnaContinue reading “Nov 6 (2/7): Is This It Boys? Is This War?”

This is an Old Thing, Even for US Old guard foreign policy esyablishment: Ack-shu-ah-lee… this is our war. The National Interest: Made In America: How the U.S. Government Paid For Turkey’s War in Syria Foreign Policy:  I Saw the Birth, and Bloody Death, of the Dream of Syrian Democracy The Syrian revolution was started by patriots—and ended by internationalContinue reading “Nov 6 (1/7): A Look at Our War Family”

DukeSox Rev – is the feeling in your monitoring of local media that this is something that couple spiral (even more) out of control and turn into a real state v state war (or a regional war) or is this all just power positioning now that there is a vacuum? Damn good question. A weekContinue reading “Nov 5 (4/4): Bear or Shark?”

I… don’t know what’s going on here. 💥Çok sayıda Türk savaş uçağı Erbil ve Dohuk üzerinde dolaşıyor Amaç net, oluşmaya başlayan Kürt birliğine Kürtler’e verilen gözdağıdır.Kürtler için tek yol birliktir, Birlik çok geç olmadan oluşmalı. pic.twitter.com/8f8ktYopbu — T✪Rİ ♚♛♜♞♟ ☠️ ♝♚♛♜♝♞♟ _ ”’,lx:5rx, ☆•.;,.•´I`•sqpI (@ZmoIoqpSBmQ2_wR) November 5, 2019 This is over Iraqi Kurdistan America: AreContinue reading “Nov 5 (3/4): Why are you like this? Why are we like this?”

This is like new grounds in entitlement R&D. Erdogan Pushing the Poor Put Upon Turkey Narrative #Turkish President Erdoğan says they have started looking for alternatives as #US refuses to deliver F-35 fighter jets ''US is refusing to deliver our F-35s, so Turkey speed up development of its own fighter jet and started looking forContinue reading “Nov 5 (2/4): Notes from the Ground”