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Kurds targeted in Turkish attack include thousands of female fighters who battled Islamic State
Kurdish fighters under attack by Turkey have described President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria as a “stab in the back.”
Since bombing began on Oct. 9, Turkish military operations against the Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syria, Washington’s staunchest and most effective allies in the war against the Islamic State, has killed at least 11 civilians and an unconfirmed number of Kurdish fighters, with estimates ranging from dozens to hundreds.
- Haidar Khezri
- The Conversation
Kurdish fighters are key partners to the U.S. in the Middle East.
From 2003 to 2017, they helped …