Syrian Kurds: US Intends for Arab States to Deploy Military Contingent to Syria

The Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, has agreed with some Arab countries to send military personnel to Northern Syria and to the Eastern Bank of the Euphrates River in Syria, a source in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said

News ID: 70013

Date: 04 May 2018 - 23:13

TEHRAN (Defapress)- .The source was quoted by Sputnik as reporting that countries such as Egypt and Jordan are opposed to such a step.

Earlier, Mazlum Abdi, commander of the SDF, gave an interview to Arab media in which he stressed willingness to cooperate if Arab forces under the banner of the international coalition are deployed to Syria instead of US units.

In turn, one of the leaders of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, Ewwas Eli, in an interview with Sputnik said, “Based on the information we have received, which has not yet been officially confirmed, the US intends to deploy a number of Arab states to the north of Syria as part of the development of a further foreign policy strategy in the region.”

He went on to say that “The goal of the US is to prevent increased pressure on itself in the region from Turkey, and to strengthen its Syrian policy by attracting the Arab states to its side.”

Eli stressed that the leadership of his party has not yet made an official statement regarding the deployment of Arab military forces in the northern part of the country.

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