'All we can do is cry.' With U.S. support, the Kurds had eked out a space for themselves: a peaceful enclave where they tried to establish democratic institutions while violence raged. So much of that is lost now. JamesAALongman reports:
The meltdown was almost immediate. Turkey invaded, the Kurds in their sights. Hundreds were killed, thousands were injured, homes and land overtaken.
So the drawback was halted. But not before more than half of the territory the U.S. had operated in had been given up.We're back to see the situation four months later, and it's clear what was a delicate situation has become even more complex -- the U.S. position more tenuous than ever. A man and a child ride a motorcycle loaded with bags of snacks as a patrol of U.S. military vehicles is seen in the town of Tal Tamr in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province along the border with Turkey on Feb. 8, 2020.That was underlined in this week's attack on U.S. forces at a regime checkpoint -- the first attack of its kind in Syria's long, complex nine-year war.
So now, in addition to the myriad dangers already present, U.S. patrols increasingly encounter regime militias and Russian convoys. The potential for conflict is high. In this frame grab from video, Russians, Syrians and others gather next to an American military convoy stuck in the village of Khirbet Ammu, east of Qamishli city, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.But it's more difficult now, not least because of a massive breakdown in trust with the Kurds. These are a people with communities stretching from Iraq to Turkey to Iran to Syria -- countries of enormous importance to U.S. interests in the region.
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