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U.S.-Kurdish relations

The relationship between the US and Kurdish forces in Syria, including cooperation against ISIS.

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Feb 6, 2026

kurds are the way the west wants the middle east to go

The claim that “ are the way the West wants the Middle East to go” contains a grain of truth — Western states have repeatedly partnered with Kurdish forces when it served counter‑terrorism and tactica...

Jan 6, 2026

How did Donald Trump change US rules of engagement in Syria after 2017?

Donald Trump presided over an operational shift in Syria that combined a more kinetic air campaign and looser battlefield discretion with episodic political reversals and retained elements of previous...