The Grayzone hosted its first YouTube livestream of Pushback with Aaron Maté, featuring Ben Norton. We discussed the Syria war, the withdrawal of US troops, and the Turkish invasion.
Show notes and links
Syria map used in the discussion:
Video of Syrian Kurds celebrating in Qamishli and Hasaka:
Celebrations in Qamishli and Hasaka. People celebrating the "start of the deployment of the Syrian army to confront Turkish aggression". @akhbar pic.twitter.com/hQVecRci8b
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019
Jenan Moussa:
I've just interviewed a dozen kurdish civilians in Derik in north Syria. I am not saying this is an official poll but its significant that they all said they prefer Syrian army to Turkish army.
Also nobody I spoke to has plans to leave once the Syrian army arrives.@akhbar
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 14, 2019
Mutlu Civiroglu:
Self Administration of NE Syria announces an agreement with Syrian Government to protect Syrian borders with SDF against Turkey. It will also help liberating all areas from Turkey including Afrin pic.twitter.com/aatRDChDJN
— Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) October 13, 2019
Regime-changers like Danny Gold are back-tracking after embedding with Takfiri “rebels”:
Oh, the humanity! pic.twitter.com/poVdbps3Wt
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) October 13, 2019
Elizabeth Tsurkov freaks out about her jihadi pen pals:
Israeli soldier/think tank Syria “expert” admits her pen pals are mutilating Syrian children then justifies their crimes because they are “deeply traumatized” and don’t have job opportunities. 🤢🤮 pic.twitter.com/140HAyNLZz
— Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) October 13, 2019
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White Helmets helped Turkey ethnically cleanse Afrin:
Last year, White Helmets rode with Turkish invasion forces into Afrin & celebrated the Turkey-jihadi alliance’s ethnic cleansing of Kurds & Syrian minorities. No one said peep on behalf of “our Kurdish allies” then. https://t.co/sn4ceQ64jo
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) October 13, 2019
History of Kurds in Syria, Syrian-Kurdish relations, interview with Kurdish journalist Ali Ornek:
The Complex History and Relations of the Kurdish YPG, Syria, and US
Video of journalists leaving Syria:
The last crossing#Syria #Rojava pic.twitter.com/t9MHGeELvd
— Feras Kilani فراس كيلاني (@FerasKilaniBBC) October 14, 2019
