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SDF commander’s pro-US statements sound alarm amid rumours of rift in Kurdish movement
General Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Hassakeh, Syria, Thursday, February 10, 2022
SYRIAN Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi said on Saturday there can be no political solution without the US in Syria, hinting at a deepening rift in the Kurdish movement.
In an interview with the Associated Press the military leader, who is believed to live in a US base for his own protection, reiterated calls for US occupying troops to remain in the north-east of Syria.
“We believe that there will be no political solution in Syria without the US,” he said. “To reach a political solution the US needs to stay and they need to play a role in this issue.”
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