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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Oct 16, 2019
The United States wants to maintain support for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in their fight against Islamic State militants despite US troops withdrawing from northern Syria, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. The SDF were the main ground partner in the US-led campaign against the Islamic State group, and US President Donald Trump has faced a firestorm of criticism for abandoning a loyal ally. "There'll be ongoing conversations on what kind of capabilities we can help bring to them to continue the fight within Syria," the Pentagon official said, requesting anonymity. "We continue to be committed to the de-ISIS campaign and we want to figure out how we can continue working with the SDF. "They have a very strong robust relationship with the US military... and we think we can preserve that relationship." The US is to withdraw more than 1,000 troops from northern Syria, keeping only a residual contingent of around 150 at the Al-Tanf base near the southeastern borders with Jordan and Iraq. Trump announced the pullback last week, a move widely interpreted as green-lighting a long-planned Turkish invasion of northern Syria. As Turkish forces advanced, Syria on Tuesday dispatched more forces to beat back the offensive, while Russia deployed patrols to prevent clashes between the two sides. European governments are worried the chaos could trigger mass breakouts by thousands of IS fighters detained by Kurdish forces, and a broader resurgence of the jihadist movement. The SDF lost 11,000 fighters in the campaign against IS before finally overrunning the group's self-proclaimed "caliphate" in March.
Russia bombed four Syria hospitals in 12 hours: report Washington (AFP) Oct 13, 2019 Russian warplanes bombed four hospitals in rebel-held territory in Syria over a period of just 12 hours earlier this year, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The May strikes - which the newspaper tied to Moscow through Russian radio recordings, plane spotter logs and accounts by witnesses - are part of a larger pattern of medical facilities targeted by forces supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's devastating civil war. Nabad al Hayat Surgical Hospital - which staff ... read more
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