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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces consider cooperation with Syria’s al-Assad

2019-10-09

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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Leaders of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are considering a partnership with Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
ahead of ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
’s imminent invasion of northeast Syria.

"We are now looking into all options to deter a ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish attack, including communicating with Moscow and Damascus in the event that there is an American void," said a Syrian Kurdish official in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya English.

A potential collaboration between the SDF and al-Assad would be an alliance of convenience against Ankara. The two parties are not allied but have previously cooperated in the fight against ISIS
ISIS

...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...
in SDF-controlled northeast Syria.

The possible cooperation follows US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
’s order on Sunday for American troops to withdraw from northern Syria, a decision that enables Turkey to attack Kurdish forces inside Syria.

Turkey considers the SDF as an enemy due to its links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish organization based in Turkey which has fought the Ankara government for Kurdish independence.

Trump’s order will remove the buffer of US troops preventing a ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish assault on SDF-controlled territory. The order came into effect Monday with about 50 to 100 US special operators pulling out of the area.

The ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish military carried out strikes overnight on Monday, targeting the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent Kurdish forces using the route to reinforce northeast Syria, according to two unnamed ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish officials cited by Rooters.

According to Rooters, Ankara aims to drive out Kurdish forces from northeastern Syria and create a space to resettle the two million Syrian refugees currently in Turkey.

The SDF, with help of the US-led coalition, has spent years gaining ground in northern and eastern Syria against ISIS.

American political and military experts have expressed fear that pulling out troops would mean a possible resurgence of ISIS and would be a betrayal to the Kurds.

"We [The US] want to prevent an attack on the Kurds, who have fought against ISIS and now face the possibility of ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish incursion or perhaps an attack by the regime," International Crisis Group CEO Rob Malley told Al Arabiya English in an interview last month.

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