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Syria Kurds Urge US to Assume 'Moral Obligations' as Turkey Attacks

Agence France-Presse

   HASAKEH, SYRIA -- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Saturday
   urged its U.S. allies to assume their "moral obligations" to protect
   them from a cross-border Turkish offensive, now in its fourth day.

   "Our allies had guaranteed us protection ... but suddenly and without
   warning they abandoned us in an unjust decision to withdraw their
   troops from the Turkish border," it said in a statement.

   "We call on our allies to fulfil their duties and assume their moral
   obligations," to protect us by "closing the air space to Turkish
   warplanes".

   The SDF were the main ground partner in the protracted US-led campaign
   against the Islamic State group in Syria, losing 11,000 fighters before
   finally overrunning its self-proclaimed "caliphate" in March.

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