Turkey attack: Kurds urge US to assume ‘moral obligations’

Hasakeh: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Saturday urged its US allies to assume their “moral obligations” to protect them from a cross-border Turkish offensive, now in its fourth day.
“Our allies had guaranteed us protection … but suddenly and without warning, they abandoned us in an unjust decision to withdraw their troops from the Turkish border,” it said in a statement.
“We call on our allies to fulfill their duties and assume their moral obligations,” to protect us by “closing the air space to Turkish warplanes”.
The SDF was the main ground partner in the protracted US-led campaign against the Islamic State group in  Syria , losing 11,000 fighters before finally overrunning its self-proclaimed “caliphate” in March.
The Turkish offensive began after US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered US troops to pull back from the border.
He stands accused of giving Turkey’s operation a green light.