‘West Increasing Support for Kurds' Separatist Goals in Eastern Syria’

Date: 23 June 2019 - 21:52

News ID: ۶۷۳۱۵

DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Western officials have intensified attempts to speed up attempts by the Kurdish guerrilla to decompose Syria through increased visits and help to the regions occupied by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a report says.
The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper reported on Sunday that Australian envoy John Phillip entered the town of Qamishli in line with attempts to support the Kurds' separatist moves and held a meeting with Abdulkarim Omer, the head of the Foreign Relations Commission in the Jazeera region, and his deputy Abir Ilia.
It also quoted the Kurdish sources as saying that a delegation of the Kurdish autonomous forces held a meeting with Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, Norwegian Foreign Minister Marie Eriksen and U.S. envoy to anti-Daesh Coalition Brett McGurk in Oslo on June 18 and 19.
Meantime, the Kurdish forces formed military councils in the three occupied towns of Ain al-Arab, Tal Abyadh and al-Tabaqah to strengthen their military structure in Eastern Euphrates region in the past week after a U.S.-Saudi delegation visited Eastern Syria.
Media reports said earlier this month that American and Saudi diplomatic delegations held a meeting with the SDF commanders and a number of tribal leaders in a Washington-occupied base in Dayr al-Zawr in a bid to coordinate a plan for the separation of Eastern Euphrates from Syria.
The Arabic-language Step news website affiliated to the militants reported that recently a meeting was held between the two sides in al-Omar oilfield region in Eastern Dayr al-Zawr.