The Kurdish-dominated force in Syria warned Thursday that a US Syria troop pullout could allow the ISIL Takfiri group to “rebuild”. “It will have a negative impact on the counterterrorism campaign,” the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US-led coalition’s main military partner in the battle against IS, said in a statement. ...
Turkey said Kurdish militants east of the Euphrates in Syria “will be buried in their ditches when the time comes”, after President Donald Trump began what will be a total withdrawal of US troops from Syria. “Now we have Manbij and the east of the Euphrates in front of us. ...