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From the Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian Kurdish militia announced Tuesday it was pulling out of a key northern Syrian town, a move that could ease a serious rift between NATO allies United States and Turkey.
The two countries have been at odds over the future of north Syria since the U.S. began supporting a Kurdish militia known as the YPG to fight back against the rapidly expanding Islamic State group in 2014. Turkey considers the YPG a terror group tied to a Kurdish insurgency within its own borders.
The YPG’s announcement that it would pull its military advisers out of Manbij, a small but strategic town in central-north Syria, paved the way for a rebalancing of forces along the Syrian-Turkish frontier. The retreat could allow Turkey to control most of its border west of the Euphrates River, a longstanding demand it has tied to its national security.
The YPG — Kurdish initials for “People’s Protection Units” — said in a statement that its advisers had completed their mission to train the local forces, the Manbij Military Council, to defend the multi-ethnic town.
COMMENT:-
That's putting a bit more flesh on ABC's "The Latest: US says Syrian town of Manbij to be locally run" but both articles sure appear to amount to "The Kurds can just suck it up, but we are pulling out and letting Mr. al-Assad's forces move in.".
US, Turkey deal to see Kurdish militia leave key Syria town
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian Kurdish militia announced Tuesday it was pulling out of a key northern Syrian town, a move that could ease a serious rift between NATO allies United States and Turkey.
The two countries have been at odds over the future of north Syria since the U.S. began supporting a Kurdish militia known as the YPG to fight back against the rapidly expanding Islamic State group in 2014. Turkey considers the YPG a terror group tied to a Kurdish insurgency within its own borders.
The YPG’s announcement that it would pull its military advisers out of Manbij, a small but strategic town in central-north Syria, paved the way for a rebalancing of forces along the Syrian-Turkish frontier. The retreat could allow Turkey to control most of its border west of the Euphrates River, a longstanding demand it has tied to its national security.
The YPG — Kurdish initials for “People’s Protection Units” — said in a statement that its advisers had completed their mission to train the local forces, the Manbij Military Council, to defend the multi-ethnic town.
COMMENT:-
That's putting a bit more flesh on ABC's "The Latest: US says Syrian town of Manbij to be locally run" but both articles sure appear to amount to "The Kurds can just suck it up, but we are pulling out and letting Mr. al-Assad's forces move in.".