The U.S. President Donald Trump did not oppose a deal struck between the Syrian Kurdish-led forces, Russia and the Syrian government in Damascus to protect against a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, the commander of the force said as his fighters battled a new push by Ankara-backed fighters to
1 / 15SyriaPeople attend funerals of fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces killed fighting Turkish advance, in the town of Qamishli, northern Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. CEYLANPINAR, Turkey — seize a strategic border town.
"We told that we are contacting the Syrian regime and the Russians in order to protect our country and land," Abdi, better known by his nom de guerre Mazloum Kobani, told a local TV station, Ronahi TV."He said, 'We are not against that. We support that.'" German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday once again called on Turkey to stop its military offensive in Syria, telling parliament that the offensive"makes tens of thousands, among them thousands of children, flee."
Story continuesAbdi said his forces have frozen their activities to counter IS, other than defending themselves against the militants, who he said were taking advantage of the Turkish offensive. He said the militants have attacked prisons where fellow members are jailed and have freed some families of IS members from holding areas in displaced people's camps."The matter is in our hands. We captured them. We are holding them, and we will decide what to do with them.
But fighting for the strategic town of Ras al-Ayn continued, as Turkish-backed fighters make a new push for the town where the Kurdish-led group has put up stiff resistance. An Associated Press journalist on the Turkish side of the border reported heavy shelling into Ras al-Ayn.
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