19 December 2018 - 22:56

Kurdish coalition calls US pullout from Syria 'stab in the back'

<p style="text-align: left;">The armed Kurdish-led coalition that compromises the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has called the US' decision to withdraw its troops from Syria, "a stab in the back," Sky News Arabia reported on Wednesday, citing an SDF representative.

"This is a betrayal and a stab in the back," Sky News Arabia cited the SDF representative as saying.

At the same time, The National newspaper reported that Kurdish forces had not received notice regarding US President Donald Trump's move to pull American troops from Syria.

The US State Department has not yet commented on the announcement, Sputnik reported.

Earlier in the day, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that the US was moving on to the next phase of its campaign in Syria against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, adding that Washington will continue to work with its allies to fight the radical organization.

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