The commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) tells Axios the U.S. has a 'moral duty' to do more to prevent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from ordering a ground offensive into Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria.
The commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces tells Axios the U.S. has a "moral duty" to do more to prevent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from ordering a ground offensive into Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria.Turkey has launched drone, air and artillery strikes across the border into Syria over the past four days, with Erdoğan nowThe mostly Kurdish SDF was the most effective U.S.
on Wednesday an airstrike on an SDF base posed “a risk to U.S. troops and personnel” operating in the area.the SDF fired rockets back into Turkey and killed two people, which the SDF denies.on Wednesday, SDF Commander Gen. Mazloum Kobane Abdi said that while he has received concerning intelligence that Turkey has told its local proxies to prepare for a ground offensive, the Biden administration could still convince Erdoğan to back off.
Mazloum says Turkey's strategy has been to announce an operation, conduct some preparations, then test the reactions of the U.S. and Russia.see there is no strong opposition from the main players they will go ahead," Mazloum says. "We believe the reactions are not enough yet to stop the Turks from launching this operation.""The escalation in Syria and along the Turkish-Syrian border in recent days is dangerous and a threat to the safety of civilians and U.S.
Officials from both the U.S. and Russia told the SDF they were not notified by Turkey prior to the strikes, Mazloum says. The White House did not comment.Mazloum tells Axios the SDF is committed to preventing "escalation," but "if the fight does happen, our forces will defend themselves and their people until the last of us."
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