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The Blue Mosque.

While Americans are justly concerned about the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Syria, they must be careful whose narrative they accept before deciding what we should do about it. Both sides have been responsible for civilian deaths and torture, but we are only being told one side of the story, and a distorted one at that. Though readily apparent to anyone who wants to look at the facts, the…

After launching a surprise invasion of northern Syria earlier this week, top Turkish officials are making it clear that the military operation there is open-ended, with a growing number of military goals being set out for the operation, which started as a way to help the rebels capture Jarabulus from ISIS. Now, in addition to “cleansing” ISIS, Prime Minister Yildirim insists Turkey’s goal is to…

World War 3 Coming Soon? Tanks Roll Across The Border As Turkish Invasion Of Syria Begins

Michael Snyder The invasion of Syria that so many people have been warning about is now happening.  On Wednesday, Turkish tanks rolled across the Syrian border, and they were accompanied by radical Islamic Syrian rebels that want to ultimately overthrow the Assad regime.  This invasion was conducted under the code name “Euphrates Shield”, and it was supported by airstrikes from A-10s and F-16s…

Kurdish protestors clash with Turkish soldiers near the Syrian border after Turkish authorities temporarily closed the border, blocking young Syrian Kurds who had accompanied their families to safety inside Turkey from returning to the battlefront, on September 22, 2014.