(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plans over Syria will concentrate on forming an army of indigenous fighters, mostly tribesmen, in northeastern Syria and setting up a safe Zone with support of Gulf states, a well-informed source said Monday.
The Russia-beloved tycoon and commander in-chief to not bother ally by not discussing Bashar al-Assad's future.
Americans to enhance their grip on Kurdish areas in northern Syria, making it main battlefield to defeat ISIS. Trump's second priority is reaching along-term ceasefire agreement in Syria, relying on the Turkish pressure and regional countries, according to the source.
Last week, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged joint action with the Trump administration against Islamic State in its de facto capital, Raqqa as his military deployed tanks and guns on the Syrian border.
Erdogan reiterated his country’s readiness to extend its fight against the jihadist group in Raqqa if Trump agrees to block Kurdish forces from participating.
According to Bloomberg, Turkey is concerned that Kurdish territorial gains in Syria could lead to a new state there, emboldening the separatist aspirations of its own Kurds. Kurds have established control over much of Syria’s north during five years of violence, and in doing so, emerged as a favored U.S. fighting force in the ground war against Islamic State.
“We will not allow the formation of a new state in northern Syria,” Erdogan said as he vowed to retake Manbij, which was seized by Kurdish forces from Islamic State. “After Manbij, Raqqa is next if we can join hands with the U.S.”
Syria has been suffering of a devastating civil war since early 2011, when al-Assad regime suppressed peaceful demonstration, which erupted in March same year.
Since then, more than 310,000 thousand people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced across the war-torn country, according to the UN.
Other source estimates that 470,000 people were killed according to the Syrian Centre for Policy Research, a Beirut-based NGO. (With agencies)
The Russia-beloved tycoon and commander in-chief to not bother ally by not discussing Bashar al-Assad's future.
Americans to enhance their grip on Kurdish areas in northern Syria, making it main battlefield to defeat ISIS. Trump's second priority is reaching along-term ceasefire agreement in Syria, relying on the Turkish pressure and regional countries, according to the source.
Last week, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged joint action with the Trump administration against Islamic State in its de facto capital, Raqqa as his military deployed tanks and guns on the Syrian border.
Erdogan reiterated his country’s readiness to extend its fight against the jihadist group in Raqqa if Trump agrees to block Kurdish forces from participating.
According to Bloomberg, Turkey is concerned that Kurdish territorial gains in Syria could lead to a new state there, emboldening the separatist aspirations of its own Kurds. Kurds have established control over much of Syria’s north during five years of violence, and in doing so, emerged as a favored U.S. fighting force in the ground war against Islamic State.
“We will not allow the formation of a new state in northern Syria,” Erdogan said as he vowed to retake Manbij, which was seized by Kurdish forces from Islamic State. “After Manbij, Raqqa is next if we can join hands with the U.S.”
Syria has been suffering of a devastating civil war since early 2011, when al-Assad regime suppressed peaceful demonstration, which erupted in March same year.
Since then, more than 310,000 thousand people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced across the war-torn country, according to the UN.
Other source estimates that 470,000 people were killed according to the Syrian Centre for Policy Research, a Beirut-based NGO. (With agencies)
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