Responding to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s talk of forcibly expelling US forces from the country, and ultimately reuniting all of its territory under government control, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said there would be no way Syria could recover their territory by military action.
“Any military solution, as far as the SDF is concerned, will lead to more losses and destruction and difficulties for the Syrian people,” according to SDF spokesman Kino Gabriel. Assad said he wants to open the door to negotiations with the SDF first.
Assad’s priority is to get US forces out of Syria, and he says that the SDF is the “only problem left” with respect to uniting the territory of Syria. The SDF seeks a system of considerable autonomy for their territory, which is much of northern Syria, but has never successfully negotiated such an understanding with anyone.
The two issues, US troops and control of SDF territory, may be considered interlocking, as Assad likely believes the SDF won’t make a deal so long as they are hosting US forces who Syria doesn’t want in the country.
On the other hand, reports of the US planning to back Turkey in ousting the Kurds from Manbij could end that alliance pretty quickly, and SDF rejections of military action may be seen as just as much a warning to US forces as to Assad.
Syria would be the last country Kurds would wish to get out of If Kurds can not have a country of their own ? Turkey would be the 1st country Kurds would love to forget about . Turkey and Iraq have been discussing their Kurd problems and neither of these countries wish to give their Kurds to much freedom . Syria’s Assad has always gotten along well with their Kurds . The Kurds need Syria to protect them from the Turks that plan on removing Kurds from their border in North Syria . It would be much better for the Kurds if they could keep the Turks out of Syria .
Maybe yes, maybe no but we will see. Who are these SDF? I have heard a substantial number of non-Syrians i.e actual foreign invaders those guys should be easy for the Syrians to spot. the locals with support of the local population that is hard to stop with conventional military just look at how well it is going with the USA in Afghanistan
What Assad can do depends entirely on what America is willing to do by way of fighting him directly with American forces. It really does not matter what SDF thinks or says, they are just proxies, and not very effective proxies apart from the Kurds.