Monday, March 6, 2023

Syria Condemns U.S. General Milley's Visit To Kurdish-Held Northeast Syria

U.S. Joint Chiefs Chair Army General Mark Milley speaks with U.S. forces in Syria during an unannounced visit, at a U.S. military base in northeast Syria, March 4, 2023.  

VOA/AFP: Syria Condemns US Top General's Visit to Kurdish-Held Northeast  

Damascus, Syria — Syria's foreign ministry Sunday condemned a surprise visit by the United States' top military officer to an army base in the Kurdish-held northeast, dubbing it "illegal," state media said. 

In his snap visit Saturday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley met U.S. troops stationed in areas of war-torn Syria under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). 

About 900 U.S. troops are deployed in several bases and posts across northeastern Syria as part of the fight against Islamic State group remnants. 

The official news agency SANA quoted a foreign ministry official as saying, "Syria strongly condemns the illegal visit of the American chairman of the chiefs of staff to an illegal American military base in northeast Syria."  

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Update: Syria condemns US general’s visit to Kurdish-held northeast (Al Jazeera). 

WNU Editor: Turkey is also not happy with this visit .... Turkey Summons U.S. Envoy Over Top General's Syria Visit (Reuters). More here .... Ankara summons US envoy over top US soldier’s visit to N Syria (Hurriyet Daily News).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kurdish is part of the Iranian language family. It would be good for the Kurdish regions to join Iran. If the Kurds were free, they would fo8und their own nations first and not join Iran although I believe it would be beneficial, if the current shitheads were no longer ruling Iran. It would only work via consent.

Any joining would have to make allowances for Kurdish like Canada does for French. After that gravitational forces would take over.

Usually assholes cannot wait for gravity.

Anonymous said...

You are the world's biggest optimist.