“No Friends but the Mountains”
America and the West have once again betrayed their Kurdish allies. Al-Sharaa’s assault on the Kurds of northern Syria, with Turkish backing, is just the latest chapter in the Kurds’ long struggle for self-rule.
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America and the West have once again betrayed their Kurdish allies. Al-Sharaa’s assault on the Kurds of northern Syria, with Turkish backing, is just the latest chapter in the Kurds’ long struggle for self-rule.
Despite public displays of mutual support, the Trump–Netanyahu partnership is on shaky ground.
Fragile ceasefires are holding for now, but the volatile region may be headed for another explosion next year.
The future is unwritten, and a future of space cooperation and peaceful settlement remains possible.
While routinely declaring that Israel’s behaviour toward Hamas is genocidal, Erdogan has consistently denied the real genocides carried out by Turkey.
The United States should learn from the Turkey experience.