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Kurdish commander: Trump approved deal with Russia, Damascus
AP ^ | 10 17 2019 | LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SARAH EL DEEB

Posted on 10/17/2019 6:44:40 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

The U.S. President Donald Trump did not oppose a deal struck between the Syrian Kurdish-led forces, Russia and the Syrian government in Damascus to protect against a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, the commander of the force said as his fighters battled a new push by Ankara-backed fighters to seize a strategic border town.

The commander of the Kurdish-led forces, Mazloum Abdi, said Trump essentially gave the go-ahead for the deal in a phone call Monday.

The Kurds’ deal, announced Sunday, came after Trump ordered U.S. troops to step aside as Turkey launched its attack last week. Under the agreement, forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad effectively replace the U.S. troops on the ground in the border areas, with Moscow guaranteeing the deal.

“We told (Trump) that we are contacting the Syrian regime and the Russians in order to protect our country and land,” Abdi, better known by his nom de guerre Mazloum Kobani, told a local TV station, Ronahi TV. “He said, ‘We are not against that. We support that.’”

Vice President Mike Pence, heading a U.S. delegation that includes Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is set to arrive in Turkey Thursday afternoon, aiming to press Turkey to accept a cease-fire in its offensive. Before their arrival, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien.

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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

So long as Hezbollah exists we have a bone to pick.


41 posted on 10/17/2019 8:44:20 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa

Hez-Ebola has been hurt badly. The land bridge to Iran is done. It still exists but is weakened. You can’t expect everything at once.


42 posted on 10/17/2019 8:49:08 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Syria and Russia will redeploy ISIS, not eliminate them, both to keep them oht kf their hair as well as to insure they stay in ours. They were the ones who nurtured them in the first place against us in Iraq and who gave them safe haven along with Saddam’s top Baathists.


43 posted on 10/17/2019 8:58:09 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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