Kurds - Islamic World News

Russia appears to be trying to achieve three goals through mediation between the Kurds and the Syrian government. The first goal is to implement oil contracts between Russia and Syria in the northeastern areas that are now under American control. Russia’s next goal, meanwhile, is to resolve the crisis politically by involving the Kurds in the political process as a concession to the West to enter the reconstruction of Syria and eventually become a trusted mediator in the international arena.

Mazloum Abdi, terrorist commander of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), tweeted in Russian yesterday that SDF and Russia agreed on Russian forces Deployments in east of Euphrates.

So far, three joint military patrols in the eastern Euphrates have been carried out by Russia and Turkey. However, the Kurdish people in the region are not happy with these patrols and are protesting the presence of Turkish troops on Syrian soil… Download

ISWNews Analysis Group: The third joint patrol of Russian and Turkish forces took place on Friday in the Derik and Qamishli area east of the Euphrates. The operation involved four Russian military vehicles and four Turkish military vehicles. This patrol, like the second joint patrol, was welcomed by locals throwing stones at the vehicles, protesting […]

ISWNews Analysis Group: Russian Defense Ministery announced full pull back of Kurds from safe zone in northeast of Syria.

ISWNews Analysis Group: The US president has ordered the lifting of Turkish sanctions because of a ceasefire agreement in northeast Syria and a halt to Turkish attacks on the Kurds.

ISWNews Analysis Group: Today, an important meeting between presidents of Russia and Turkey was held in Sochi, and after six hours of negotiations the sides finally reached an agreement on northern Syria and the Kurds issue.

According to images released by ImageSat Intl. from the Ras al-Ayn, Turkish army has established 2 military posts in south of the town.

ISWNews Analysis Group: Donald Trump called PKK a terrorist group and more dangerous than ISIS.

On Saturday, KDP leader Masoud Barzani met with Nasr al-Hariri, chief negotiator for the Syrian Negotiations Commission.

Islamic World News Analysis Group: Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS) released a list of requests which will be submitted to Damascus in future negotiation.

Yesterday Donald Trump US President said in a tweet that “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.” So there is no reason to stay in Syria, US soldiers to evacuate Syria.