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14 Mar 2018, 2:37 pm by Allison Murphy, Scott R. Anderson
This past Monday, March 12, the Trump administration met its deadline to provide Congress with a “report on the legal and policy frameworks for the United States’ use of military force and related national security operations[,]”—a new requirement imposed by Section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018 (since codified at 50 U.S.C. [read post]
13 Mar 2018, 4:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
The United States did not respond to that request, but is working on a compromise that would see Kurdish forces withdraw from Manbij, a contested city on the Euphrates River at the western edge of Kurdish territory in eastern Syria. [read post]
4 Mar 2018, 7:00 am
In August 2016, Ankara launched Operation Euphrates Shield, ostensibly designed to combat ISIS but more likely to contain the Syrian Kurdish forces. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 6:00 am by Pavel K. Baev
This odd pattern was tested on February 7, when a heavy U.S. air and artillery strike destroyed a grouping of pro-government forces advancing to capture an oil plant to the east of the Euphrates. [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 8:01 am by Tom Smith
 The build-up of Syrian Government forces eight miles east of the Euphrates threatened the SDF positions well established on the western bank. [read post]
13 Feb 2018, 7:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
The Pentagon said that an estimated 500 regime forces participated in the attack, which involved an effort to cross the Euphrates River at Khusham and bombard the SDF position with artillery. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 7:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
” Kurdish forces have long anticipated an eventual attack from Turkey, prefigured by Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish intervention launched in 2016 to prevent Kurdish forces from uniting their western and eastern cantons in northern Syria. [read post]
16 Jan 2018, 8:03 am by J. Dana Stuster
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier this month that he intends to continue Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish intervention along the Turkey-Syria border in Manbij and Afrin provinces; Turkish and Turkish-backed militias flooded the border area in 2016, preventing Kurdish forces from uniting their western and eastern enclaves. [read post]
26 Dec 2017, 5:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
Around this time last year, we rang in 2017 with a review of the year that was in the Middle East and a series of questions: Will Saudi Arabia’s experiment in economic reform outlast the low oil prices that precipitated it? [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 9:46 am by Garrett Hinck
International observers said that pro-government forces are fighting the extremist group in a village on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river, near the positions of U.S. [read post]
20 Sep 2017, 12:00 pm by Garrett Hinck
The offensive aims to move along the Euphrates River through the vast desert province and end at the Syrian border, where the Islamic State is currently battling the Syrian Army and U.S. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 11:28 am by Garrett Hinck
In recent weeks, the SDF and their majority-Kurdish militia forces moved into the areas east of the Euphrates River to block Russian-backed forces from crossing the river and seizing the rich oil fields to the east. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 10:38 am by Garrett Hinck
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of U.S. backed Arab and Kurdish fighters, will not advance closer towards the Syrian Army lines across the Euphrates River. [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 9:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
As of Sunday, just 10 miles and the Euphrates River separated regime and SDF forces, with Islamic State-occupied Deir Ezzor in between. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 10:57 am by Garrett Hinck
-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are separated by only 10 miles and the Euphrates river, according to Reuters. [read post]
24 Jun 2017, 11:59 am by Alex Potcovaru
On Monday, Russia responded to the U.S. strike by suspending coordination with the U.S. on de-escalation channels and threatening to target all aircraft west of the Euphrates while on aviation missions. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 1:40 pm by Alex Potcovaru
The incident prompted a strong reaction from Russia, which threatened to target aircraft west of the Euphrates and to halt communication channels designed to de-escalate potential conflict. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 1:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
And on Monday, Russia leapt to the Assad regime’s defense and warned that it will target any U.S. or coalition warplane that crosses west of the Euphrates River. [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 1:35 pm by Alex Potcovaru
” The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying it will target aircraft west of the Euphrates River during Russian aviation missions, the Post reports. [read post]
30 Mar 2017, 11:24 am by Jordan Brunner
The BBC writes that Turkey said it has “successfully” ended its seven-month Euphrates Shield military campaign in northern Syria, but Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim did not rule out new military operations and did not say whether Turkish troops would leave Syria. [read post]