Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have issued a “public mobilization” call along the Syrian border with Turkey as tensions ratchet up in northeastern Syria in the face of an imminent Turkish invasion.
LONDON — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces issued a “public mobilization” call along the Syrian border with Turkey on Wednesday as“We are and we have to be prepared for the worst,” Syrian Democratic Forces spokesperson Mustafa Bali told NBC News. “The situation on the border is like a volcano and can explode at any moment.”
The call for mobilization came as pictures appeared to show Turkish tanks and military personnel amassing on the Syrian border awaiting a call to cross into Syrian territory.A top Turkish official, Fahrettin Altun, said Tuesday that Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebel forces would “shortly” cross into northeastern Syria. Their aim, he, was to “neutralize” a longstanding threat against Turkish citizens and to “liberate” the local population.
The escalation comes three days after the White House announced that it would pull back troops from northeast Syria to make way for a long-planned Turkish operation. The White House said Turkey would now be responsible for all captured ISIS fighters in the area. The announcement brought a wave of criticism from around the world, including from Republicans as well as Democrats in the U.S., that the American government
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