Donald Trump announced that American troops would withdraw from the area around Syria’s border with Turkey
IT SEEMED ALMOST inevitable that America would forsake the Kurds in Syria. On the evening of October 6th President . Numbering around 150 the troops near the border were largely a tripwire to prevent a long-threatened invasion by Turkey, which views the Syrian Kurdish militia in control of the region as a terrorist group.
In seeking to correct it abruptly, though, Mr Trump may make the problem worse. For months the Pentagon has urged the YPG to mollify Turkey by pulling back from the border. The YPG has begun to withdraw heavy weapons, which were a valuable deterrent. Last month American special forces released photos of destroyed YPG outposts, saying their removal “addresses legitimate security concerns along the border”. With its allies declawed, America has now abandoned them altogether.
Hunkered down on their side, the YPG will have nowhere to turn for help but south. The group is likely to cut a deal with Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s dictator, relinquishing some of its autonomy in exchange for protection from the regime. To the long list of unintended consequences in the Middle East, add this: Kurdish fighters trained by the American armed forces could end up pressed into service under Mr Assad’s army.
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