United States Withdraws Troops from Syria, Leaving Kurds Vulnerable
成果类型：
Editorial Material
署名作者：
[Anonymous]
刊物名称：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
ISSN/ISSBN：
0002-9300
DOI：
10.1017/ajil.2019.81
发表日期：
2020
页码：
143-148
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摘要：
Political instability and violence escalated in northeastern Syria in October 2019, following President Trump's decision to withdraw most U.S. troops from the country. Trump's decision left U.S.-backed Kurdish forces vulnerable to attacks by Turkey, intensifying an already dire humanitarian situation. Soon thereafter, Kurdish leaders negotiated an agreement with the Russian-backed Syrian government to fill the vacuum left by the U.S. withdrawal. By late October, the president of Turkey agreed to a ceasefire in response to diplomatic and economic pressure from the United States and to the arrival of Russian and Syrian troops into northeastern Syria. Shortly thereafter, U.S. forces carried out a raid in northwestern Syria that resulted in the death of the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-a raid that relied in part on intelligence gathered earlier by Kurdish allies.
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