(Zaman Al Wasl)- Former commander of the Eastern Front said the key FSA unit that operating near the Iraqi border has not been invited by the U.S. to join the Kurdish-led Border Force.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed al-Aboud told Zaman al-Wasl that despite the reports of depending on the Arab fighters in the newly-formed force we have not been consulted or invited.
Aboud assured that the 'American custody' in eastern Syria is the better choice to to face the Iranian influence.
Iran is the main reason for the tragic situation in Deir Ezzor province especially at the banks of Euphrates River.
Well-informed sources said the newly US-formed border force will depend on Arab fighters not only the the Kurdish militias where the forces of 30,000 personnel will be deployed along the border with Iraq and Turkey.
Most of the fighters will be recruited from the northeastern Syria where the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are operating.
The US-led coalition last Sunday is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force, such a move that has added to Turkish anger over U.S. support for Kurdish-dominated forces in Syria.
The force will deploy along the border with Turkey to the north, the Iraqi border to the southeast, and along the Euphrates River Valley, which broadly acts as the dividing line separating the U.S.-backed SDF and Syrian government forces backed by Iran and Russia.
But the exiled Syrian National Council opposition group on Wednesday condemned the U.S.-led coalition's plan to create a 30,000-strong border force on the war-torn country's northern frontier with Turkey.
The main opposition group, in a statement, condemned the "U.S. plan for a border force" and said "it was unacceptable" for areas liberated from Daesh to fall under Kurdish control.
Meanwhile, Turkish ground forces have started to move into Afrin with Free Syrian Army, according to information collected by Anadolu Agency correspondents in the region Sunday.
Turkish Armed Forces backed by armored vehicles, special forces and infantry regiments advanced 5 kilometers (3 miles) inside Afrin as part of Operation Olive Branch.
During the movement, no major clashes took place.
Turkish warplanes and artillery have hit 153 PYD/PKK and Daesh targets in Syria's Afrin, so far, the Turkish General Staff said earlier on Sunday. (With Agencies)
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