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Syria's Assad says Kurdish controlled northeast Syria must return to state authority
Reuters ^ | 10/31/19 | Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Posted on 11/01/2019 8:01:39 AM PDT by mac_truck

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that his government’s ultimate goal was to restore state authority over Kurdish controlled areas in northeast Syria after an abrupt U.S. troop withdrawal but he expected it to happen gradually.

In a state television interview Assad also said that a deal between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin to drive out the Kurdish-led YPG militia from a 30 km (19 mile) “safe zone” along the border was a “positive” step that would help Damascus achieve its goal.

“It might not achieve everything ... it paves the road to liberate this area in the near future we hope,” said Assad, who has remained in power in Damascus through a more than eight-year-long civil war with the backing of Russia and Iran.

The U.S.-allied Kurdish YPG militia reached a deal with Damascus to take up positions near the border after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement in early October that he was withdrawing American forces from northeast Syria. The YPG is the main fighting element of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that has beaten back Islamic State in the region.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: assad; djibouti; erdogan; eritrea; finos; hamas; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; jordan; kurdistan; kurds; lebanon; mullahloversonfr; putinsbuttboys; receptayyiperdogan; russia; sudan; syria; turkey; yemen; ypg
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To: gandalftb

We defended other nation’s borders long enough,,,,,,,,,,,


21 posted on 11/05/2019 4:00:15 PM PST by Swarthy Greek Immigrant (MAGA! Deep State Delenda Est.)
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To: Swarthy Greek Immigrant

I agree, why do we have 38,000 troops in S Korea?

Give them all horses and put them on the Rio Grande.


22 posted on 11/05/2019 5:50:43 PM PST by gandalftb
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To: gandalftb

Globalists hate that you ask such questions.


23 posted on 11/05/2019 6:01:22 PM PST by Swarthy Greek Immigrant (MAGA! Deep State Delenda Est.)
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