The purpose of the U.S.-led anti-Daesh partnership with the YPG/PKK-dominated SDF has “largely expired,” and the Syrian government is now both willing and positioned to assume security responsibilities across the country, U.S. envoy Tom Barrack said Tuesday.
Barrack noted that Damascus is prepared to take control of key security tasks, including prisons and camps holding Daesh detainees and their families – facilities long guarded by the YPG with U.S. backing. His remarks signal a significant shift in Washington’s approach to northeastern Syria, where the YPG h
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