US EditionKurdish commander calls on US to 'intervene forcefully' in Syria clashes
YPG leader Sipan Hamo said the Syrian offensive seized key oil and gas fields and urged the U.S. to provide stronger protection amid no ceasefire plan from recent talks.
- On Jan 18, Sipan Hamo, People's Protection Units commander, said the United States should intervene more forcefully to end a Syrian offensive after government troops seized towns on both sides of the Euphrates River and the country's largest oilfield and a gas field.
- Given Washington's diplomatic balancing, Sipan Hamo said Kurdish authorities recognised U.S. ties with Kurdish forces and support for President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government in northeast Syria.
- A Saturday meeting left Kurdish officials with no agreement, and Syrian troops have continued advancing despite a U.S. Central Command call to halt.
- Hamo said `We believe that the responsibility for everything currently happening inside Syria lies with the Western countries, and especially the United States of America` and called for U.S. guarantees amid Kurdish concerns.
- France's President Emmanuel Macron said he spoke to President Ahmed al-Sharaa, urging the offensive to stop and calling for a permanent ceasefire and SDF integration into Syria.
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Kurdish commander calls on US to 'intervene forcefully' in Syria clashes
By Feras DalateyDAMASCUS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. should intervene more forcefully to end a Syrian offensive that has gained key territory from Kurdish fighters in recent days, the head of the main Kurdish forces told Reuters.Government troops launched an offensive on Saturday into territory run for the last decade by semi-autonomous Kurdish authorities in the northeast of Syria, capturing towns on both sides of the Euphrates River as well as
Amid the rapid advance of the al-Sharia regime in areas they had controlled for years, the commander of the YPG militia is calling on the American coalition to be more determined and assist those who led the war on ISIS. He says they see Israel as a strong country and expect it to stand by them as it did during the massacre of the Druze.
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