Syria Kurds call for European help post-US pullout
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(21 Dec 2018) A senior Kurdish politician has called on France to play a stronger role in Syria following the withdrawal of US troops from the country. Ilham Ahmed, the co-president of the Syrian Democratic Council, the political wing of the Syrian Defence Forces, also said that France as a NATO member has a moral obligation to prevent Turkey from attacking Kurds. Ahmed was in Paris on Friday as part of a delegation for talks on the planned US military withdrawal from Syria as well as Turkey's threats to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria. Speaking to reporters following the meeting, Ahmed said the Kurds may have to withdraw from the front lines with the Islamic State group in eastern Syria to deploy along the Turkish border following Turkish threats. President Donald Trump's abrupt call on US troops to leave Syria has left America's only allies in the country in the lurch and risks plunging the volatile region into even more instability. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/0cfc0576cf6f52a7cae03fa5ffc2ca61
