Kurdish troops have turned to the Syrian government and Russia for help, as U.S. forces move out of the region.
Syrian government troops were headed north towards the Turkish border Monday after the Kurds called on Damascus and Moscow for military assistance to repelRegime forces are currently less than four miles away from the border with Turkey and are expected to advance further toward the area surrounding Ras al Ayn border town, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, a monitoring group based in Britain.
Most of Qamishli currently falls under the political and military control of the Kurdish autonomous administration, according to the Rojava Information Center, a pro-Syrian Democratic Forces research group based in the town. Kurdish troops turned to the Syrian government and Russia for help Sunday in a desperate move that could increase Russian President Vladimir Putin's influence in Syria, deal a substantial blow to the Kurds’ ambitions of independence in the region, and be seen as a win for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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