SDF positive view of US military presence is understandable in the circumstances. Yet the only US statement, about regional stability, is vague, unofficial and noncommittal. Real US intention may be more about direct confrontation with Assad and less about an autonomous Kurdish or multi ethnic enclave.
Thanks for this article. It marks another milestone in Assad's comeback. (Not long ago the Obama administration was confidently predicting Assad's downfall.)
Russia's decision to side with Assad changed the American calculation. Trump's deference to other authoritarian rulers changes it even more.
The biggest burden is on the FSA and the other local resistance groups like the Kurdish SDF. What will happen now to the Kurdish enclave the USA was backing? And what happens to the Syrian and Kurdish rebels on the front line?
SDF positive view of US military presence is understandable in the circumstances. Yet the only US statement, about regional stability, is vague, unofficial and noncommittal. Real US intention may be more about direct confrontation with Assad and less about an autonomous Kurdish or multi ethnic enclave.
Thanks for this article. It marks another milestone in Assad's comeback. (Not long ago the Obama administration was confidently predicting Assad's downfall.)
Russia's decision to side with Assad changed the American calculation. Trump's deference to other authoritarian rulers changes it even more.
The biggest burden is on the FSA and the other local resistance groups like the Kurdish SDF. What will happen now to the Kurdish enclave the USA was backing? And what happens to the Syrian and Kurdish rebels on the front line?
What's in Section 5 of the Executive Order and is it being applied equally to all would-be immigrants regardless of origin country?