The U.S. has warned its longtime ally, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) terror group, not to cozy up to Russia or the Assad regime in the vacuum left by the U.S. as the group seeks protection against Turkey.
Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove YPG terrorists and their weapons from the border with Turkey under a deal agreed on Tuesday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph.
Two sources familiar with the details of a meeting that took place in Washington on Monday between the Syrian Democratic Council and the U.S., report that the American official angrily told Ilham Ahmed that the U.S. administration would not allow the SDC to strike a deal with Assad or Russia, according to a report by the U.S.-based Defense Post.
Ilham Ahmed is the so-called President of the Executive Committee of the SDC, an organization representing YPG terrorists.
"We didn't sign up to fight a war to defend the Kurds against a longstanding NATO ally and certainly did not sign up to help them establish an autonomous Kurdish state,” said Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday, referring to the YPG, the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terror organization.
On Oct. 9, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syrian refugees and ensure Syria’s territorial integrity.
On Oct. 17, Ankara agreed with Washington to pause its operation to allow the YPG terrorists to withdraw from the planned safe zone.
