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    Der Westen verrät erneut die Kurden

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/21/west-once-more-betraying-kurds/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post

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    1. mariuszmie on

      America, not anyone else, and trump specifically, again abandons those who helped America. Great reputation and precedent.

    3. Careless_Ad8795 on

      Yeah… this is sadly the most predictable thing ever. The Kurds get talked up when they’re useful and then dropped the second it’s inconvenient. It’s happened over and over and people still act shocked every time. At some point it just feels cruel to keep pretending the West is gonna do right by them.

    4. BramGaunt on

      I’m betraying nothing! 

      Certain western leaders do. 

      I have nothing to do with it.

    5. comic_nerd_phd on

      Saying “The West” deflects blame. Don’t need more lumped-together association with the USA. Call them out.

    6. cul_de_singe on

      How about „the world“? Not everything falls on one hemisphere. Damned if we do or don’t, we get involved we are neocolonialist, if we don’t we are selfish and evil.

    7. Falcao1905 on

      Is it really a betrayal when nobody in Syria likes the SDF? Even Syrian Kurds are quite divided, not to mention Syrian Arabs who absolutely despise them.

    8. atosukoshide on

      It is pathetic to see how the West (and that includes Europe) is betraying the Kurds after they fought off ISIS, but on the other hand, who wants to make Daddy Erdogan angry?

    10. iamehmetcan on

      so territorial integrity, sovereignty, international law and all that applies when it comes to Ukraine, Greenland but when kurdish claims territories by force and tries to divide Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran that’s not the case.

      If you see no problem with supporting militarized ethnic minorities, you should also be okay with hosting the people migrating due to the political destabilization.

      In fact, if you are a true supporter of their cause, you should start by accepting million more refugees instead of bribing authoritarian leaders to keep refugees/immigrants away from your borders.

    11. Sound_Saracen on

      Most Syrian Arabs don’t hold any ill will towards the Kurds in the same way Iraqis do, it’s just an ojective fact that the SDF were grossly incompetent, the territory they controlled – the residents in them, only lived there because the alternatives were far worse, so once the regime was toppled, there was no incentive for anybody to remain there.

      Despite their oil revenues and relative stability compared to other factions, somehow the vast majority of the roads within the territory they control are still unpaved, classrooms are filled with students sat on the floor shivering from the cold.

      The fact they had survived this long is nothing short of a miracle.

    13. heiisniper on

      You don’t have pro-Kurds (refugees or immigrants that much) in the west and Qatari/bahrain whatever – do not sponsor protests so you don’t hear about them..
      Unlike Palestinians for example

    14. NothernlightDownunda on

      „The West“ is on it’s last legs, the downfall of the American empire will be the death knell for „the West“.

    15. Plane_Willingness_25 on

      I know people in the West love the Kurds and in turn defend the SDF blindly so I’m just going to leave these news reports here fyi:

      [The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported that at least 22 civilians, including three children, were killed by SDF forces in Raqqa on Jan. 18, 2026, none of whom were involved in hostilities.](https://xcancel.com/Levant_24_/status/2014635405589590213#m)

      [Arab-majority districts in the city of #Hasakah are being subjected since days to violations by #SDF-affiliated fighters. Sniping, executions (some reportedly of defecting members), arrests and provocations – like playing songs in Mosques at night – are among the documented cases.](https://xcancel.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/2014416194091286985#m)

      [Before entering Aqtan prison (#Raqqa province), evacuated last night by #SDF, specialized K9 units were sent to the site to inspect it. They detected explosives and booby traps that were planted by SDF fighters before the withdrawal, prompting Engineering teams to intervene and neutralize them.](https://xcancel.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/2014635250165469480#m)

      [At least 23 Arab men were extrajudicially executed in Kobani and rural Hasakeh](https://xcancel.com/Charles_Lister/status/2014477776879755724#m)

      There is a reason why the SDF and the DAANES crumbled in a couple of days

    17. Bartimaevs on

      What exactly was the expectation here? Eternal backing by the West for a statelet that in the end got folded over in a day?

      I can sympathize with Minorities, Women and anyone that will be royally fucked over, but the era of unbridled interventionism has been a giant disaster for us. In fact anyone believing that Western leaders would led the Syrian civil war drag on for a minute more than it has to, is absolutely delusional. Few things have done as much damage to the EPP parties power base as the instability in Syria.

    18. Particular_Bug0 on

      The west told the SDF to take the initial deal with the Syrian state when they still had leverage. Against the US’s and EU’s wishes, the SDF refused. Then they were told to take the second deal while it was still worth it, the SDF refused again.

      The „West“ tried to help more then people think

    19. MajinaiHanashi on

      Con Coughlin is a ziocuck. Other than that „The West“ will learn to stfu about things that affects others and not them.

    20. myrainyday on

      I think Europe is a bit preoccupied with war in Ukraine and Greenland at the moment to be actively involved in anything.

    21. Zed_Blue on

      As someone of armenian descent, the West has no obligation towards the Kurds, the Armenians, the Yezidis, or the Assyrians

    22. meatym8blazer on

      Telegraph when the West is not meddling in Middle-Eastern politics for once

    23. Glory4cod on

      It is more astonishing to me that why Kurds never learn. They have been „betrayed“ times and times again, but they never learnt to NOT put any hope on foreign aids.

    24. HereticLaserHaggis on

      The kurds have no friends was a saying in geopolitics as far back as 30 years ago.

    25. Nayrael on

      I mean, even SDF betrayed the Kurds. Months ago, the Aleppo’s Kurds demanded the SDF to leave, I assume because them being an enclave inside the city was a nuisance, and the SDF fired at them. The SDF isn’t a sinless good guy that people want them to be nad in sYria they also sided with Assad when his regime came crushing down so they aren’t exactly loved by anyone. Even most of territories they controlled were under occupation, barely anyone wanted them there.

      The West likes them because they are ideologically closest to us among the factions, but the SDF really didn’t do itself any favors in the region.

    27. prayforrain_digawell on

      Do other groups like this routinely perform female genital mutilation or just the Kurds?

    28. Strong_Bumblebee5495 on

      I say without a hint of sarcasm “A long and shameful tradition”

    29. Typical_Response6444 on

      The kurds did this to themselves, they had a good deal and then decided not yo follow through with it and overplayed their hand

    32. airmantharp on

      No, we’re not.

      The Kurds are betraying themselves – they’re being a roadblock to peace in Syria, instead of a partner. They want their own state, but do not represent the populations of the territory they control (unlike in Iraq).

      Syria cannot exist and will not survive if not unified. The Kurds need to get with the program!

    34. buran_bb on

      West must keep breastfeeding no matter how many times SDF bites off. It was told them to part themselves from PKK they did not listen, it was told them not to push for ethnic cleansing they did, it was told several times them to unite with new Syrian regime they did not, instead they tried to undermine the process of building a peaceful Syria. They put under pressure everyone including Kurds themselves. They stole kids, boys and girls and gave weapons to their hands. I also wonder from which western cities sending these posts if west one more time betraying them.

    36. namitynamenamey on

      They are pretty but not that pretty. Peace is worth a whole lot, and them standing against that is something nobody will help them on. They have the opportunity to take a deal, and integrate themselves into the syrian government retaining autonomy. They should take it.

    38. Psyche3019 on

      Can’t expect politicians to care about any other nation when they abandon their own citizen.

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