War

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

The UN has accused Turkey of committing serious human rights violations against the Kurds amid a complete blackout by the Western mainstream media. The UN rights office says it has evidence of mass killings, torture, rape and other serious atrocities during operations against Kurdish militants in the southeast of the country since 2015. According to a damning United Nations report, “massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey,” has affected 500,000 Kurdish people.

Bashar al-Assad has condemned US forces for being deployed in Syria, calling them “invaders” without an invitation. “Any foreign troops coming to Syria without our invitation or consultation or permission, they are invaders, whether they are American, Turkish, or any other one,” Assad told Chinese PHOENIX TV. However, the Syrian President said that despite the illegal occupation of his country, he saw promise in US President Donald Trump’s promise to destroy ISIS.  “We have hopes that this administration in the United States is going to implement what we have heard,” he said.

The Syrian President has said that any foreign forces, including those from the US, that enter Syria without permission are invaders. During an interview with Chinese media Bashar Assad said that no one had given the US troops currently in Manbij permission to be there.

With the Trump administration rapidly shifting its foreign policy stance in recent weeks as the Goldman-led group inside the White House steamrolls all opposition, in the process dashing hopes of a detente between DC and Moscow which now appear set to continue the "cold war" diplomatic ways set under Obama and Hillary Clinton, another foreign leader who is losing faith that Trump will bring any notable change is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who in an interview with Chinese TV station Phoenix said U.S.