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Updated March 26, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Operation Hawkeye Strike: Massive US Bombing Campaign in Syria

A large-scale US retaliatory bombing campaign in Syria following the deaths of three Americans near Palmyra. The scale of the operation — hundreds of munitions across dozens of targets in populated desert regions — raises serious questions about proportionality and civilian protection under international humanitarian law.

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SyriaOperation Hawkeye StrikeISISPalmyraretaliatory strikes
Updated November 1, 2019 Foreign Policy & War
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity

Betrayal of Kurdish Allies: U.S. Withdrawal Enabling Turkish Military Offensive in Northeast Syria

After a phone call with Erdoğan, Trump announced U.S. forces would step aside from the Turkish-Syrian border, describing the Syrian Kurds as 'no angels' and suggesting the region's conflicts were 'not our problem.' Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring within hours. The SDF — which had lost 11,000 fighters combating ISIS — was forced to divert troops from guarding ISIS prisoner facilities; hundreds of ISIS prisoners escaped.

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SyriaKurdsTurkeyfirst-termbetrayal