SDF Chief: ‘Washington Has Sufficient Leverage to Mediate a Sustainable Peace Between Us and Turkey’

SDF Chief: ‘Washington Has Sufficient Leverage to Mediate a Sustainable Peace Between Us and Turkey’
Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), attends a meeting with other commanders and representatives of the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in a file photograph. Dell Souleiman/AFP/Getty
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The commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi, said that he wants the United States to “acknowledge” the role it can play in finding a political solution, and in helping to reach a sustainable peace between Turkey and Kurdish-led forces in Syria.

“But we do want the United States to acknowledge its important role in achieving a political solution for Syria. We are sure that Washington has sufficient leverage to mediate a sustainable peace between us and Turkey,” said Abdi in an “argument” published in The Foreign Policy on Oct. 13.
Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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