The Syrian government called on the United States to stop bombing the Syrian people and supporting Kurdish “separatist militias”, and withdraw immediately from Syrian territory.
In a formal statement issued this Monday, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the US forces present in this Arab country to stop bombing Syrian civilians, end their support for separatist militias, and leave Syria for good.
“US warplanes, with the support of the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) militia, launched several raids in Deir Ezzor, Hasakah, and Qamishli, targeting innocent civilians defending their families, villages, and properties,” the statement read.
According to Syrian security sources speaking to Sputnik early this week, US helicopters bombed several villages in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor to pave the way for the SDF to regain the villages and towns they lost two days ago following violent battles with Syrian government-backed tribal forces.
“The SDF, which is an agent of the American occupation, launched criminal attacks on our people in Deir Ezzor, Hasakah, and Qamishli, in addition to other villages in the eastern and northeastern regions. These barbaric attacks led to the martyrdom of a number of Syrian citizens, including women and children,” the statement also noted.
US involved in efforts to topple Syrian government for years!
The US military began working with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in 2014 to topple the Syrian government from power and the efforts still continue to today. An offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the group later changed its name to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The United States and the Syrian Democratic Forces together have occupied northwestern Syria, including Hasakah, Raqqa, and parts of Deir Ezzor, and deprived Syria of access to oil resources and wheat-producing agricultural lands.
Syria is also suffering from the US economic sanctions that have impoverished this war-torn country sine the start of the Syrian civil war back in 2014.
Asserting that the US occupation of part of Syrian territory represents a “flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and the unity and integrity of its territories”, the Syrian foreign ministry also said in the statement that “the United States’ support for its agent separatist militias represents a cheap tool to implement its hostile plans against Syria, and this can’t go on any more. American troops must leave Syrian territory.”
