Trump on withdrawing his troops from Syria before a Turkish operation: the Kurds are enough of what they took

US President Donald Trump has said it is time to withdraw from "ridiculous and endless wars" in reference to the US military presence in Syria, where US troops are reportedly pulling out of areas in northeastern Syria, coinciding with Turkish preparations for a military operation to establish " Safe area. "

"The United States was supposed to stay in Syria for only 30 days, several years ago," Trump wrote in a Twitter series on Monday. He said US forces had stayed longer and engaged in battles without aim.

"The Kurds fought with us, but they got a lot of money and huge equipment to do that. They have been fighting Turkey for decades," he said.

"Now Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will have to settle the situation."

Earlier in the day, Reuters quoted a US official as saying that US forces had withdrawn from two border observation posts at the towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain (northeastern Syria) and told the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that the United States would not defend them. In the face of an imminent Turkish attack.

According to Reuters, the initial US withdrawal from Syria would be limited to a limited area close to the Turkish border.

Syrian opposition reinforcements
Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera correspondent in Syria reported that the Syrian National Army of the Syrian opposition sent military reinforcements including fighters and heavy vehicles to the border points with Turkey in order to participate in the upcoming Turkish military operation east of the Euphrates.

The correspondent added, quoting military sources in the Syrian National Army that his forces massed at the Turkish border received equipment and ammunition and waiting for the start signal to move towards the battlefield.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Ankara on Monday that US troops had begun withdrawing from parts of northeastern Syria after a telephone conversation with Trump.

He said he planned to visit Washington to meet Trump in the first half of November, where they would discuss plans for the "safe area", and noted that the Turkish military operation in eastern Euphrates (northern Syria) may start at any time.

Back stab
"The statement issued today was surprising and we can say that it stabbed the back of the SDF," spokesman Keno Gabriel said in a television interview.

In the same context, said the leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces Mustafa Bali that US forces left the region to turn into a war zone.

The White House announced Sunday evening after a telephone conversation between Trump and Erdogan that Turkey "will soon proceed with its long-planned operation in northern Syria."

"The US armed forces will not support or participate in the operation, and will not remain in the region after defeating the Islamic State's caliphate."

The White House statement said Turkey would now take responsibility for all ISIS captives currently held in SDF facilities south of the safe area initially proposed by Ankara.

Withdrawal within a week
A Turkish official said the US withdrawal could take a week, and that Turkey would probably wait until the withdrawal is complete before launching an attack.

The spokesman for the Turkish presidency Ibrahim said that the plan "Turkish safe zone" comes within the framework of the territorial integrity of Syria. "The safe area has two goals: securing our borders by expelling terrorist elements and achieving a safe return of refugees," he wrote on Twitter.

The Turkish and US sides agreed in August to establish a safe area in northeastern Syria on the border with Turkey. Ankara said the United States had been too slow in establishing the region and had repeatedly threatened a unilateral attack.

In the United States, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who is close to Trump, criticized the decision to withdraw from northern Syria, calling it a disaster. He said he would introduce a Senate bill calling for the move to be rescinded.