An interesting piece on how experts are reacting to US withdrawal from Northern Syria. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/turkish-invasion-syria-would-be-godsend-isis-experts-warn-n1063621 Disclaimer: The OP title (same as the news article) and link point to an external news agency and readers are requested to exercise discretion. Nothing has been added or deleted.
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Indeed. Praying for all the Kurds who have been our allies as well.
My heart goes out to the Kurds, following the attempted genocide in the days of Saddam Hussein they have had essentially no where to belong, not welcome in Iran, not welcome in Syria, and opposed by Turkey. They have however been especially effective for the west in debilitating the ISIS forces, and have been a true ally to the US led coalition. The Syrian situation is compounded by Russia and the protection of their Naval Assets at Tartus. Because the Russians have a vested interest in the support of the Assad regime, the Kurds are likely to find few friends there as well. The west has had no better allies in the region than the Kurds, and now it seems…