Kurdistan

CLOAK AND DAGGER

Trump Lawyer Sued for $120M Over Shady Spying Drama

Ted Kittila worked for Truth Social while acting for a foreign regime that tried to buy sinister spyware in the U.S.

Will Neal

LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND

Defense Secretary Says Northeast Syria Pullback Is Complete

Mark Esper said around 600 troops will remain “to protect oil reserves” in the rest of the country.

Jamie Ross

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BETWEEN THE LINES

Trump’s Turkey Presser Was the Craziest Yet

Making sense of Trump remarks like these is a little like searching for coins in a septic tank, but there are important revelations nonetheless. This is the full text with notes.

Christopher Dickey

UNITED STATE OF AMNESIA

Betrayal of the Kurds? U.S. Allies Will Get Over It.

Are we in for a major realignment because Trump has forgotten who America’s friends are? Almost certainly not. And here’s why.

Aaron David Miller

‘THE SUM OF THINGS’

The Kurds Died Defeating ISIS. Trump P*ssed on Their Graves.

He blames those he betrayed as if they were servants who failed him.

Christopher Dickey

SCHADENFREUDE

Russia Gloats Over Trump’s Syria Debacle, Putin’s ‘Victory’

While much of the Russian establishment is gleeful, some in Moscow counsel caution about getting too deeply involved in the treacherous Middle East.

Anna Nemtsova

Kurdistan

Trump Lawyer Sued for $120M Over Shady Spying Drama

Defense Secretary Says Northeast Syria Pullback Is Complete

Trump’s Turkey Presser Was the Craziest Yet

Betrayal of the Kurds? U.S. Allies Will Get Over It.

The Kurds Died Defeating ISIS. Trump P*ssed on Their Graves.

Russia Gloats Over Trump’s Syria Debacle, Putin’s ‘Victory’

Kurdish Leaders Are Appealing Directly to Congress for Help

Trump Says U.S. Troops Have Quit Syria. It’s Not True.

Turkey’s Syria Invasion Stalls, but for How Long?

Kurds Prepared for Trump’s Syria Betrayal—With a Vengeance

Trump’s Crazy Syria Move Sets Up ISIS Comeback