“If [the Americans] will leave,” warned one Syrian Kurd, “we will curse them as traitors.” . ... Yet Washington’s move will force the Syrian Kurds to negotiate with Damascus earlier than they had planned to, and from a position of relative weakness. ..…

In extraordinary step, American forces Syria are set to step aside favor of what is expected to be Turkish military operation that will target Kurdish allies that have American advisers and Syrian rebels throughout Syrian war. WASHINGTON — In major shift United States military..…

By extension into alliance with, battle with the superior military of Turkey, NATO ally, could drive Kurds into the arms of Bashar Al- Assad, Syrian that Washington wants ousted, and Russia and Iran, two U.S rivals with forces Syria.. ..…

The move was denounced as a “stab in the back” by the Kurdish-led forces who have been Washington’s most capable partner in fighting Islamic State in Syria. . The forces, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), accused Washington of reneging on an ally, warning it would..…

TEHRAN - The Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces claimed on Monday that Syrian and Russian army troops have been sent to Manbij Northeastern Aleppo as the US army is leaving Kurds along in the face of imminent attack by Turkish Army and its allied militants.. ..…