The Times | By Tom Parfitt (Moscow), and Hannah Lucinda Smith (Istanbul) | October 23, 2019

The leaders of Russia and Turkey have agreed to enforce the removal of Kurdish fighters from northeastern Syria and conduct joint patrols, in a deal that secured Moscow’s dominance in the region.

independent.co.uk  | By Slavoj Zizek | 22/10/2019

Must they sacrifice themselves on the altar of anti-imperialist solidarity? While the sovereign states around them are gradually sinking into a new barbarism, Kurds are the only glimmer of hope

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nytimes.com | By Ben Hubbard | Oct. 20, 2019

Mazlum Kobani, whose Kurdish-led force fought the Islamic State in Syria, fears that a complete United States withdrawal could endanger his people and allow the jihadists to regroup

Nytimes.com | By Ian Buruma

The sudden decision to pull about 1,000 American troops out of northern Syria, and leave Kurdish allies in the lurch after they did so much to fight off the Islamic State, has already had terrible consequences. The Kurds have been forced to make a deal with the murderous regime of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, hoping it will protect them against being massacred by incoming Turkish troops who regard them as mortal enemies. Russia and Iran, without whose support Mr. Assad’s government would not have survived, are quick to benefit from America’s sudden retreat. Violence in an already ghastly Syrian civil war could get a great deal worse.

foreignpolicy.com | By Bryan R. Gibson | Ocober 14, 2019

On June 30, 1972, two Kurdish men, Idris Barzani and Mahmoud Othman, arrived nondescriptly at the CIA’s sprawling headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and were led into the office of the agency’s legendary director, Richard Helms.

nytimes.com | By David E. Sanger | Oct. 15, 2019

News Analysis
All the warnings were there. But President Trump’s reliance on his instincts, and his relationships, led him to ignore the consequences of a move that has emboldened Russia, Iran and the Islamic State.

The NYT International Edition | By Jenna Krajeski | 16 Oct 2019

Their project in democracy has been three decades in the making.

Nytimes.com | BY PETER BAKER AND LARA JAKES Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Michael Crowley contributed reporting

He’s now trying to reverse consequences, as Kurdish allies are attacked by Turks