The major Syrian Kurdish faction the SDF has reportedly halted its anti-ISIS operations, to the extent that any were still going on, in response to Turkish ground forces crossing the border into northeastern Syria on Wednesday.
This move absolutely makes sense, with sources saying that the SDF believes it is impossible to resist a Turkish invasion and fight ISIS remnants at the same time. Clearly, this was something the Kurds threatened to try to deter Turkey.
In reality, there do not appear to have been substantial anti-ISIS operations going on anymore for quite some time, since ISIS lost all their territory months ago. The ISIS battle was a big talking point for the US, and they are keen to keep that narrative going.
The US has demanded that Turkey take charge of the ISIS operation now that they are in northeastern Syria, with a focus on keeping prisoners detained. It is likely that anything even remotely ISIS-related will be blamed on Turkey.
The Kurds will regroup and continue their struggle. The American alliance was built on the premise of receiving weapons and money not shared values.
It appears the Washington policy now is to allow Turkey to create safe-zones for the Moderate terrorists who started the insurgency back when H Clinton was running the State Department. ” Regime Change 2″
Most of the population that comprises “Kurdistan” is in Turkey. Syria actually has a very small amount of Kurds at the northeast corner (just google a map of Kurdistan, it’s mostly in Turkey, then after that more or less equal parts Iran/Iraq, then after that a minority in Syria). The war in Syria is what allowed this small group, aided by those in Turkey, to establish itself at all. Turkey does not want a militant Kurdish nationalist group to be allowed to have a safe haven on its border which could be used as a springboard for greater Kurdish nationalism in Turkey.