WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump disparaged the Kurds on Wednesday,saying the US allies in the war against Daesh militant group in Syria “arenot angels.”
Trump, who has come under intense criticism for abandoning the Kurds in theface of a Turkish offensive in northern Syria, told reporters at the WhiteHouse that “The Kurds are very well protected.”
“By the way, they are not angels,” he added.linklink
Hundreds of Syrian Kurds entered neighbouring Iraqi´s Kurdish autonomousregion on Wednesday, an official said.
“On Wednesday, about 800 Syrian refugees entered Iraqi Kurdistan,” saidRashid Hussein of the refugee authority for the autonomous Kurdish region.
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The new arrivals, mostly women and children, were being taken to Berdarchcamp in Dohuk province, he told AFP, as the fighting in nearby northeasternSyria entered its second week.
Iraqi Kurdistan previously hosted millions of Iraqis who fled fighting withIS who occupied much of the country´s north between 2014 and 2017. -APP/AFP
