Kurds Worry About US Withdrawal, Fear Turkish Invasion: Experts

Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters head to an area near the Syrian-Turkish border north of Aleppo on October 8, 2019. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement that "US forces withdrew from the border areas with Turkey" in northeast Syria. Nazeer Al-Khatib/AFP via Getty Images

A day after announcing that U.S. forces are in the process of withdrawing from Syria, President Donald Trump said on Oct. 8 that the United States has not abandoned Kurds that fought alongside the United States against ISIS and is providing them with military and economic support.

However, experts say the Kurds are worried about the U.S. withdrawal from the region because the Turks in the area cannot be trusted.