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Bashar al-Assad is the real winner of Trump abandoning the Kurds in Syria

In a shock announcement late Sunday, the president announced that US forces will be withdrawn from the Syria-Turkey border.

By Dana Nawzar Jaf

Bashar al-Assad is the real winner of Trump abandoning the Kurds in Syria

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Why the West should support an independent but democratic Kurdish state

The annexation of Kurds to Iraq was carried out in the name of stability, but led to anything but.

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