Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from the border areas of the war-torn Middle Eastern country, leaving allied Kurdish-backed forces to face a Turkish military operation, has prompted a wave of criticism against the US president. Anger at the move allegedly turned physical in one Kurdish-controlled city.
A US military convoy that departed from the predominantly Kurdish city of Qamishli has been attacked with tomatoes that were hurled by protesting residents, the outlet Rudaw English reports, sharing a video of the alleged vegetable assault. However, the authenticity of the video has not been verified. According to the outlet, local Kurds blocked the path of the American troops, who are set to leave Syria following President Donald Trump's order.
People in the video are heard shouting “No America” and “America liar” in English. According to the Israeli outlet Haaretz, which translated the footage, one of the alleged residents chanted in Arabic “Like rats, America is running away”, while another screamed obscenities and spoke about babies who have died during the Turkish offensive, which was launched this month.
The Associated Press shared a video of a similar action near the town of Tal Tamr, claiming that it shows a group protesting US troops on Sunday. They are seen holding banners, with one man even blocking the path of an American vehicle with a poster reading: “Thanks for US people [sic], but Trump betrayed us”.
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