October 22, 2019 'Permanent' Turkey-Syria cease-fire possible as temporary peace agreement ends, Pence says The 120-hour cease-fire agreement between Turkey and Syria ended Tuesday, and U.S. officials including Vice President Mike Pence were optimistic that a permanent peace deal could emerge after days of turmoil.
October 22, 2019 Turkey would not have invaded Syria if American troops stayed, says US military's former top officer A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Turkey would not have invaded northeast Syria had U.S. troops remained at their posts. The American retreat "opened the door" for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen.
October 22, 2019 Trump's special representative to Syria says US withdrawal did not prompt invasion by Turkey Senators on both sides of the aisle pressed President Trump’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement on Tuesday about America’s withdrawal of troops from northern Syria ahead of Turkey’s recent invasion of the region.
October 22, 2019 Aykan Erdemir: Trump can get both Turkish and Kurdish support in Syria by negotiating peace deal The US can help the Kurds reach a settlement with Turkey and Syria that would guarantee peaceful coexistence and Kurdish autonomy.
October 22, 2019 Sen. Graham, Gen. Keane: Turkey paves way for ISIS comeback – US must prevent return of terrorist group ISIS will regenerate and again seek to establish a caliphate or at least a base of operations in its spiritual home of Raqqa, Syria without continuing efforts by the United States, our Kurdish partners, and the international community.
October 22, 2019 Turkey, Russia announce joint patrols along Syria border in latest move against Kurds Turkey and Russia announced Tuesday that both countries will soon start conducting joint security patrols along a border region in Syria following the removal of Kurdish forces there.
October 21, 2019 Dobbins and Martini: US, Turkey, Syria: What is possible (and impossible) for the Kurds now The real choices before the Trump administration in eastern Syria were: staying indefinitely; preparing an orderly exit, thereby opening the way for the return of the Syrian state and its allies; or leaving suddenly without warning. The administration ultimately defaulted to the worst of these alternatives.
October 20, 2019 Kurdish military leader says his fighters still want to work with US, accuses Turkey of 'violating' cease-fire, 'ethnic cleansing' The Kurdish military leader who serves as commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces revealed to ӣƵ’ Jennifer Griffin in a telephone interview Sunday from his base inside Syria that Turkey’s military has “violated” the planned cease-fire and was continuing to commit “ethnic cleansing.”
October 20, 2019 CNN's Brian Stelter calls out ABC News' gun-range video error: Network 'has not explained what happened' ABC News still hasn't explained how it mistook footage from a Kentucky gun range for authentic video of fighting between Syria and Turkish forces but has promised to dole out internal "consequences" for the error, CNN's Brian Stelter said Sunday.
October 20, 2019 Amash: Trump using US troops like 'paid mercenaries' Rep. Justin Amash, I-Mich., continued on Sunday his criticism of President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from northern Syria, saying the president is using troops as “paid mercenaries” and questioning the role Congress should play in decision making.