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Articles by Kamal Sheikho
I CURDI SIRIANI RESTANO DIVISI
1. I curdi siriani stanno vivendo una svolta storica nel loro paese. Hay‘at Taḥrīr al-Šām (Hts, Comitato di liberazione del Levante) e le altre formazioni a capo dell’Operazione Deterrenza dell’aggressione (Rad‘ al-‘udwān) sono saliti al potere in Siria e Aḥmad al-Šar‘, leader di Hts, è diventato presidente per questa fase di transizione.
Iraq Condemns Turkish Attack on Sulaymaniyah Airport
Iraq demanded an apology from Turkiye over the drone attack that targeted the Sulaymaniyah International Airport on Friday in the Kurdistan region of Iraq without causing any casualties.
Turkey Continues to Amass Forces ahead of Incursion in Northern Syria
Turkey and its allied Syrian National Army continued to amass forces in northern Syria on Thursday ahead of the imminent launch of a Turkish offensive against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces in Tal Rifaat and Manbij west of the Euphrates River. Turkey continued to send reinforcements to the frontlines in Manbij, Tal Rifaat and Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobane. The Syrian opposition, and for the third straight day, carried out drills using live ammunition.
Russia Threatens Syria's Kurds with New Turkish Incursion
The Russian mediator in Syria warned Kurdish forces that Turkey would carry out an incursion should they reject Moscow's conditions to end the tensions between Qamishli and Damascus. Informed sources told the German news agency (dpa) that the mediator informed the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that Turkey-backed Syrian opposition factions would invade the towns of al-Darbasiyah and Amoud to reach Qamishli if the SDF doesn't pull out of the government security zone.
17 Pro-Iran Militants Killed, Injured in ISIS Attack in Central Syria
Idlib, Qamishli, Damascus – Firas Karam, Kamal Sheikho and Asharq Al-Awsat Seventeen members of the pro-Iran Liwa Fatemiyoun militia were killed and wounded in an attack carried out by the ISIS terrorist group in the Homs countryside in central Syria. A source told Asharq Al-Awsat that the militants, who are affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, were killed in an ISIS ambush on Monday night.
Russia Says it Killed Over 300 Terrorists in Syria in 2 Weeks
The Russian army announced that it has killed over 300 terrorists in Syria in two weeks since April 23. A spokesman for the Russian forces in Syria declared that the Syrian government forces, with the support of Russian forces, have managed to kill 338 terrorists. “The Syrian army, backed the Russian forces, is continuing its reconnaissance and search operations in the Syrian desert,” he said. The army also arrested 44 terrorists, seized 6 vehicles and 38 weapons, and destroyed 45 hideouts.
Displaced Raqqa teachers prepare for rebuilding education post-IS
An internally displaced boy sits on the ground near a school after it was captured from Islamic State, al-Heesha, Raqqa district, Syria, Nov. 15, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Rodi Said) SANLIURFA, Turkey — As military clashes rage in Raqqa’s countryside and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recapture land from Islamic State militants, Syrians are making plans for life after the jihadis are expelled.
Wrath of Euphrates spokeswoman: Raqqa is now isolated
Men fleeing violence around Raqqa surrender to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters north of Raqqa city, Syria, March 8, 2017.
Syrians in Turkey baffled by Trump’s safe zones plan
A Syrian refugee mother puts her baby in a stroller in Nizip refugee camp, Gaziantep province, Turkey, Nov. 30, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Umit Bektas) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Mohamed Fadel owns a small clothing shop selling ready-to-wear clothing for women and children in the old market in this city in southern Turkey. He opens his shop for more than 12 hours a day to serve his customers, mostly Syrians living in Turkey.
Assyrian family shares tale of capture, displacement
An Assyrian church is seen damaged due to what activists said was an Islamic State bomb, in Tel Nusri, Syria, May 21, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Rodi Said) For the second year in a row, Mariam Sarkis’ parents did not celebrate Christmas. In December 2015, their daughter was still being held by the Islamic State organization. Although she was later released, this past Christmas the parents were mourning their only son, Basil, who died Dec. 5 in clashes that erupted in the north of Raqqa.
Thousands remain trapped in eastern Aleppo
A rebel fighter stands with his weapon near evacuees from the Shiite Muslim villages of al-Foua and Kefraya as they ride buses in insurgent-held al-Rashideen, Syria, Dec. 20, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — “We could hear their voices threatening to rape women and girls and arrest all the men,” said Fatima al-Ansari, a Syrian woman from Bustan al-Basha Street in eastern Aleppo.
Raqqa’s displaced flee to Iraqi border areas
Syrian women and children sit between tents set up at the Rajm al-Salibi border crossing between Syria and Iraq, Nov. 25, 2016. (photo by Kamal Sheikho) AL-HAWL CAMP, Syria — Amid the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance toward areas controlled by the Islamic State (IS), thousands of Syrian civilians have fled the cities of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor in the east of the country, where IS proclaimed its caliphate in June 2014.
Who will take charge in Raqqa after it's freed from IS?
A Syrian Democratic Forces fighter looks through the scope of his weapon in Tel al-Samen, north of Raqqa, Syria, Nov. 19, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Rodi Said) EIN ISSA, Syria — The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have expelled Islamic State (IS) fighters from an area 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Raqqa, as violent battles are raging in the city’s northwestern countryside. On Nov.
Why the battle for al-Bab is pivotal in Syria
Turkish troops drive their anti-mine armored personnel carriers past shepherds on a road near the Syrian village of Tuwairan, located around 2 kilometers (a mile) outside the small border town of al-Rai, Syria, Sept. 4, 2016. (photo by NAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The crucial city of al-Bab finds itself directly in the line of fire of all the forces in Syria competing to control it.
Truce brings quiet, but not stability to Turkey-Syria border
Turkish Army tanks driving to the Syrian-Turkish border town of Jarablus, Gaziantep, Turkey, Aug. 25, 2016. (photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The United States is praising the truce between forces supported by Turkey and Kurdish fighters. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Aug.
Syrians displaced from Manbij recount horror
Syrian families who fled an assault launched by Arab and Kurdish forces against the Islamic State in Manbij arrive at an encampment 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the city center, June 4, 2016. (photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Residents of Manbij, in Aleppo's countryside, tell of heinous crimes and difficult living conditions at the hands of Islamic State (IS) fighters.
Erdogan’s latest wake-up call on Islamic State
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chats with passengers at the international departure terminal during his visit to Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, July 2, 2016. An IS terror attack at the airport killed 44 on June 28.
Battle for Syria's Manbij may redraw local alliances
Syria Democratic Forces ride vehicles along a road near Manbij, in Aleppo governorate, June 25, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Rodi Said) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The battle launched May 31 to liberate the city of Manbij in northern Syria has progressed at an accelerated pace.
Obama should ignore misguided 'dissent' on Syria
US President Barack Obama steps from Marine One before walking to Air Force One as he departs from Roswell, New Mexico, June 17, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Joshua Roberts) Jean Aziz, reporting from Damascus, describes an almost eerie normalcy and confidence in the Syrian capital, despite the sound of missiles in the distance. Syrian politicians and officials are quietly planning the nature and extent of political reform in Syria, in consultation, of course, with Moscow and Tehran.
Can US-backed offensive bring back residents to Syria's Manbij?
Women and children who fled Manbij stand at a doorway after arriving in areas that the Syria Democratic Forces alliance took control of on the outskirts of the city in Aleppo province, June 8, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Rodi Said) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — From Sanliurfa in southern Turkey, Amina Mesto follows closely the latest news from her hometown, the city of Manbij, about 50 miles to the northeast of Aleppo.
Iran's Khamenei warns US candidates over nuclear deal
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivering a speech during a meeting with Iranian senior officials in Tehran on June 14, 2016 (photo by HO/KHAMENEI.IR/AFP) Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned candidates in the US presidential election against questioning the Islamic republic's nuclear deal with world powers, his official website reported on Tuesday. "We do not violate the nuclear accord...
After Madaya, Deir ez-Zor now faces humanitarian catastrophe
A man and a woman ride a motorcycle along a street filled with debris of damaged buildings in Deir ez-Zor, March 5, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Stringer) QAMISHLI, Syria — Deir ez-Zor is a city divided and beset on all sides. Though much of the city is still controlled by the Syrian government, it has been under attack and blockaded for more than a year by the Islamic State (IS). Shelling and starvation have killed dozens of civilians, and much of the city has no electricity.
Syrian Kurds proceed with federal structures despite Turkish threats
US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet in Washington, March 31, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Joshua Roberts) Erdogan not backing down on US support for Syrian Kurds Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed the Obama administration’s support for Syrian Kurdish rebels battling the Islamic State during a visit to Washington last week.
Syrian Kurds' agenda simmers on back burner
Kurdish children hold the flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Units political wing and the Democratic Union Party during a demonstration against the exclusion of Syrian Kurds from the Geneva talks in Qamishli, Syria, Feb. 4, 2016.
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