Senior Syrian Kurdish official calls on US to implement no-fly zone to protect Kurds from Turkey

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Senior Syrian Kurdish official calls on US to implement no-fly zone to protect Kurds from Turkey
Wladimir van Wilgenburg |

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Jihan Sheikh Ahmed, the Kurdish co-head of the Defense Office in the self-administration of the north and east of Syria, said she would welcome any plans to establish a no-fly zone in the country’s northeast to prevent attacks by the Turkish government.

Ahmed’s remarks came following comments a senior American official made on the United States’ potential plans to stay in northeast Syria.

Ambassador James Jeffrey, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement, told reporters on Monday that Washington would leave Syria only after the defeat of the Islamic State (IS), the withdrawal of all Iran-commanded forces across Syria, and “an irreversible political process.”

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