What are the stakes of US withdrawal from the Syria-Turkey border region? The Kurds, explained.
USA TODAYKurdish Peshmerga fighters and commanders overlook Islamic State group positions during heavy fighting in Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 7, 2016.President Donald Trump made an abrupt decision this week to withdraw U.S. troops from the border between Turkey and Syria, a move that clears the way for Turkey to launch a long-threatened assault on Kurds who it views as terrorists but whom U.S. military planners and other western nations view as partners in fighting the Islamic State.
Here's a brief explainer about the people who, as the saying goes, have"no friends but the mountains"The Kurds are an ethnic minority group found in the Middle East and in the mountainous Caucasus region between Europe and central Asia. They number between 25-40 million, according to estimates by the CIA Factbook, and straddle territory that belongs to Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF, tweeted Monday that "We are not expecting the US to protect NE #Syria. But people here are owed an explanation regarding security mechanism deal, destruction of fortifications and failure of US to fulfill their commitments." The U.S. only has about a 1,000 troops across Syria, according to the U.S. State Department, but the SDF – not to mention other U.S.
"#Syria isn’t about neocons or hawks, it’s about reality. The Kurds were lead ground force against ISIS & currently hold 1000’s of ISIS killers in jail. Abandoning them is morally repugnant,stains our nations reputation & could lead to 1000’s of ISIS killers back on battlefield,"Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tweeted Tuesday.
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