Kurdisfighters move to a secured point in the contested zone in Kobani, Syria. (Photo: Jake Simkin/AP)

Tensions Escalate As Pentagon Establishes Unofficial No Fly Zone In Northern Syria

Over the weekend the US repeatedly scrambled fighter jets to chase off the Syrian planes, warning they were going to ‘defend themselves.”

by Jason Ditz

Turkey Demands Unconditional US Support In Fighting Syrian Kurds

“The only thing we expect from our US ally is to support Turkey with no ifs or buts.”

Turkey Demands Unconditional US Support In Fighting Syrian Kurds

Over the weekend, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded that the US pledge “unconditional” military support for Turkey in the fight against the Kurdish YPG, a Syrian faction which has been the primary US ally in fighting ISIS. “The only thing we expect from our US ally is to support Turkey 

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White House Admits US Troops In Syria Will Go On Combat Raids

After yet another shift of the goal-post, the narrative has moved from ‘no boots on the ground, to only some boots, to boots but no combat, and the latest iteration: there will be combat, but it will not ‘be the norm.’

During a speech at the Defense One Summit in which he repeatedly insisted that the US troops heading to Syria won’t have a “combat mission,” Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes conceded that the troops will be going out on

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