This Isn’t the First Time the US Has Abandoned the Kurds admin, October 10, 2019August 14, 2024 Truthout October 10, 2019: Trump’s decision to give a green light for a Turkish invasion of Kurdish-populated regions of northern Syria has faced swift bipartisan opposition… following a conversation with authoritarian Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (one of a number of autocratic leaders with whom Trump has developed a close relationship)… Iraq Syria Trump Foreign Policy Truthout Turkey US Middle East Policy Kurdsnot audio