Turkish state-backed media hails a “successful operation” to “neutralize” an unarmed 35-year old woman working to unite Arabs, Christians, and Kurds in NE Syria. Ms. Hevrin Khalef was reportedly dragged from a vehicle and shot to death. That’s a war crime. https://t.co/O5hEVQ28jt pic.twitter.com/dn6cl7VUZr— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) October 12, 2019
Turkey’s conflict in Syria took a major turn today. First alleged atrocities by Turkish-backed Arab militias, executing Kurds. US military officials tell me it's true, and they are DEEPLY concerned it opens the door to BOTH ethnic cleansing of Kurds and return of ISIS/Al-Qaeda— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) October 12, 2019
SDF Commander to US: "I need to know if you are capable of protecting my people, of stopping these bombs falling on us or not. I need to know, because if you're not, I need to make a deal with Russia and the regime now." https://t.co/8o6h14vGOR— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 12, 2019
"You have given up on us. You are leaving us to be slaughtered," Gen. Mazloum told the Deputy Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, William Roebuck Thursday, according to an internal US government readout that has been obtained by CNN @barbarastarrcnn @cmoc_sdf— Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn) October 12, 2019
Turkish forces have fired on a declared U.S. military outpost in northern Syria. Turkey knows all of our locations down to the precise grid coordinate as confirmed by SECDEF and CJCS only two hours ago. This was not a mistake.— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) October 11, 2019
"And besides, the wench is dead."--MarloweGolfing while America’s loyalest allies in the Middle East are slaughtered. https://t.co/sQmXL34MhT— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 12, 2019
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