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Trump ebnet den Weg für türkische Militäroffensive in Syrien

By Jordi Bou

October 7, 2019 - Die US Entscheidung zum Truppenabzug aus dem Norden Syriens ebnet den Weg für Angriffe der Türkei auf Kurden, die Langzeit-Verbündeten von Washington, und sorgt für Ungewissheit, wie es mit der Kampagne gegen die Jihadisten weitergehen wird.

Turkey has long argued for the establishment of a 20-mile (32 km) “safe zone” along the border, under Turkish control, driving back the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia - which is the dominant force in the SDF alliance and which Ankara considers a terrorist organization and a threat to its national security.

But the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Kurdish forces dominated by the YPG militia, which were trained and equipped
by the U.S. as part of the fight against the Islamic State group, have denounced Washington’s pullout as “a stab in the back”.

There are about 1,000 U.S. troops in northern Syria, and a senior U.S. official said they will pull back from the area — and potentially depart the country entirely should widespread fighting break out between Turkish and Kurdish forces.

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PUBLISHED: 07/10/2019; STORY: Graphic News
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