US military officials are concerned of more attacks by Turkey against Kurdish forces fighting to push Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of their de facto capital, Raqqah, in northern Syria.
The United States is sending 200 additional forces to Syria apparently to back up an offensive by the People’s Protection Units (YPG), fighting for Raqqah.
A senior US official told military.com that the Kurdish forces are “the horse we’re riding to Raqqah.”
The Kurds’ “biggest concern is the Turks behind them,” not the terrorists they are facing in battles, added the official.
On August 24, the Turkish air force and special ground forces kicked off Operation Euphrates Shield inside Syria in a declared bid to support the so-called Free Syrian Army and rid the border area of Daesh Takfiris as well as fighters with the YPG and Democratic Union Party (PYD).
The US has, meanwhile, been providing the Kurds with support as part of a so-called coalition allegedly to…