Source: Modern Diplomacy
By Shota Tkhelidze
While Manbij Roadmap has been agreed on by the historic allies, US and Turkey, the need for developing the similar“roadmap” for Syrian Kurds in Syrian war has become inevitable.
No wonder that Kurds havegrown increasingly concerned with possible scenarios and choices that their strategic partner US will have to make if Turkey continues its intense diplomatic and military pressure.There is not much on the table for US to pick: either NATO member state and his strategic ally with whom the West gains a lot or Syrian Kurds, whose counterweight potential is much weaker.
Uncertainty for Kurds further exacerbates when it comes to Washington’s position toward them. Trump’s America has ambiguous stance on Syrian Kurdish Rojava: while the President wants “to bring US troops back home” from Syria, the Defense Secretary Gen. Mattis thinks that leaving Syria will be “strategic blunder”.
Read more at : https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2018/06/25/syrian-kurds-need-their-roadmap/