The United States is poised to withdraw some 1,000 troops from northern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, after learning that Turkey planned to extend its military incursion against Kurdish militia further south
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT - The United States is poised to withdraw some 1,000 troops from northern Syria, its defense secretary said on Sunday, after learning that Turkey planned to extend its military incursion against Kurdish militia further south than originally planned.
The Syrian army deployment would represent a failure of Western policy by allowing the Iranian-backed Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad to retake territory lost during the more than eight-year civil war with rebels trying to end his rule. Turkey’s offensive aims to neutralize the Kurdish YPG militia, the main component of the SDF and seen by Ankara as a terrorist group aligned with Kurdish insurgents in Turkey. But the SDF has also been Washington’s key ally in fighting that has dismantled Islamic State’s jihadist “caliphate” in Syria.
Two other NATO allies, Germany and France, have suspended arms exports to Turkey, and French President Emmanuel Macron was convening an emergency defense cabinet meeting on Sunday to discuss options regarding the offensive. “In the last 24 hours, we learned that likely intend to extend their attack further south than originally planned, and to the west,” Esper said in an interview with CBS. “We also have learned in the last 24 hours that the ... SDF are looking to cut a deal, if you will, with the Syrians and the Russians to counter-attack against the Turks in the north.”
Two U.S. officials told Reuters the bulk of U.S. forces could be pulled out of northern Syria within days. Erdogan said Turkish-led forces had killed 440 SDF fighters so far and captured 109 square km of terrain, including 17 villages around Tel Abyad and four villages around Ras Al Ain.
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