ISLAMABAD – The United States, whose withdrawal from northern Syria gaveTurkey the green light to attack Kurds in the region, would take “militaryaction” against Ankara if necessary, claims the country’s top diplomat.
“We prefer peace to war,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNBC onMonday. “But in the event that kinetic action or military action is needed,you should know that President Trump is fully prepared to undertake thataction.”
Opposition was meanwhile growing at home against the US abandoning ofKurdish forces, which has led to concerns that Daesh (ISIL) militants mayreturn.[image: PressTV-Trump attacks Pelosi amid her Jordan visit]link
“We need to stop the slaughter. We need to ensure that we don’t enable ISIS(the Islamic State militant group),” Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollentold a news conference in Washington, DC.
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Ilham Ahmed, a Kurdish political leader and president of the SyrianDemocratic Council Executive Committee, also joined the lawmakers incondemning Ankara’s offensive.
“They want to attack us. They want to kill hundreds of thousands of us,”she said through a translator as cited by Reuters.
