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    ‘What Is This Sh*t?’: Syrian Kurds Learnt About US Pull-Out From Twitter – Report

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    Two days ahead of the of the Turkish military operation against Syrian Kurds, the US announced that it would be withdrawing its troops from the area in order to avoid getting caught in the cross-fire between the warring parties. Some, however, including the Kurds, saw this as a “betrayal” of groups that had helped the US fight Daesh*.

    's decision to withdraw from northern Syria came as a surprise both to US officials and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, whom the US has long supported in their fight against terrorist groups in Syria, Newsweek reported, citing its own sources on the ground.

    “No one in the US government told us. When we heard the news of American withdrawals, well, it was over Twitter, we had no idea, we were like, ‘What is this sh*t?'”, an anonymous Kurdish intelligence official told the media outlet.

    The same official noted that prior to this news, the militant group was planning a strategy to wipe out the remnants of both Daesh* and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (a group believed to be led by the leaders of Jabhat al-Nusra*) on Syrian territory with the help of American forces.

    Now the Kurds are busy trying to repel the Turkish offensive and, in order to succeed, they might “cut a deal” with Russia, Newsweek reported, citing an anonymous senior Pentagon official. According to the source, the could ask Russia to help negotiate with Damascus in order to gain its support in their fight against .

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