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America’s Kurdish allies in the fight against Isis have condemned Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria, saying it will destabilise the region.
“The White House decision to withdraw from the north and east Syria would negatively impact the campaign to fight terrorism and it would give terrorism and its supporters, military field and political clout to revive itself again,” the SDF said in a statement on Thursday.
The group added that the fight against Isis “has not ended and the group has not been defeated," and that the fight against the group was at a “critical” stage that required more support from the US-led coalition.
The alliance the US and SDF has angered Turkey, a Nato ally, which views the Kurdish forces that fight in the SDF as terrorists. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed last week to launch a military operation into Syria against the group. The presence of US forces alongside the Kurdish fighters was seen as a bulwark against an attack.
Source: The Independent.