Publicly, Kurdish officials in both Syria and northern Iraq say they remain grateful to President Trump and the U.S. for the support and security guarantees they have negotiated with Turkey, even as Turkish, Russia and Syrian government forces engage in a pincer movement to drive hundreds of thousands of Kurds from their homes along the Turkish-Syrian border.
Kurds fear Turkey cease-fire collapse, developing humanitarian crisis
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Iraq’s foreign ministry announced Saturday it would summon the U.S. embassy’s chargé d’affaires - the ambassador being outside of the country - to deliver a formal protest over U.S. strikes on “Iraqi military and civilian sites.”
Iran backed Harakat al-Nujaba downplays U.S. strikes in Iraq, hints at deescalation
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