Erdogan once again cozying up to Putin — this time to get Putin & Assad to conspire w/ him to destroy the Syrian Democratic Forces. Secretary Antony Blinken, the U.S. must remain firm in supporting our SDF allies, who remain the tip of spear in fight against ISIS. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The peoples of NE Syria are united behind SDF to protect and defend their pluralistic, secular, model that respects gender equality, religious freedom, and ethnic diversity. Democracy starts with establishing these principles first and foremost.

Great being back in NE Syria & in #Raqqa! Raqqa was the HQ of the ISIS Caliphate with Al-Naeim square being horrific place of violence. Now it’s HQ of Autonomous Admin of N & E #Syria with #ReligiousFreedom & half leaders being women. Celebrations are now held here instead!

Happy #InternationalWomansDay! Fortunate to celebrate in #Qamishli #Syria with the women of the Syriac Women’s Union & Bethnahrin National Council. The women of NE #Syria have worked hard to build a society & government that supports gender equality. They are an inspiration!

RM Rep. Gregory Meeks: Turkey's decision to drop objections to Sweden's NATO membership is a positive step forward. I urge Turkey to end violations of Greek sovereignty, fully implement sanctions on entities supporting Russia and cease attacks on Syrian Kurds.

Turkish president's statement naming the war that leads to cutting off water, electricity and roads, and destroying infrastructure, places of worship and schools as "massacres" is exactly what his government doing in NE Syria. Turkish occupation commits "massacres" and war

I am here in NE #Syria to see how the community is doing after 200+ airstrikes from #Turkey targeting water & electrical plants, schools, hospitals & other critical civilian infrastructure. As you can see, they destroyed this electrical plant. Because of bombings like this, over

Impressed with the strong leadership from Bedran Çiya Kurd, Head of the Foreign Relations Office of the Autonomous Administration of North & East #Syria. Against all odds, they have built a democracy that carefully includes all religious & ethnic communities with half the

Very, very sad Christmas day today in Kamishly city in NE Syria as Turkish bombs were repeatedly heard. 19 civilian dead or injured including children. The Christian community of the city is dismayed and disheartened. What a Christmas gift from our neighbor who is a Nato member.

Electrical plant I visited in Oct bombed again. 70+ airstrikes by #Turkey on NE #Syria in past day, includes: · 7 Power Stations · Oil Refinery · Wedding hall in Derbasiya · House in Qamishli · Store in Rimlan City US & intl community MUST stand against these war crimes. 1/