Jeffrey: Syrian Democratic Forces must avoid four mistakes “if they want to survive”

The former US envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, stressed that Syrian Democratic Forces must avoid four mistakes, if “it wants to survive” and not be exposed to more strikes and losses.

This came in an interview with Jeffrey with the Wilson Center for Research in Washington, in which he said: The Syrian Democratic Forces “need to avoid taking any of the four steps, which are cutting off all oil shipments to the Assad regime, and declaring autonomy or independence from Syria similar to the disastrous referendum. “Which was conducted by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq in 2017, strengthening relations with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which is considered a terrorist group in Turkey, or attacking Turkey from northeastern Syria.

Jeffrey pointed out, “The Syrian Democratic Forces must not provoke Turkey, and maintain contact with the Assad regime and Russia without surrendering to them, in case it wants to survive, stressing that the Syrian Democratic Forces’s taking any of these measures could lead to counter strikes.” Over the long term.” Jeffrey’s statement is the first admission by a US official regarding the Syrian Democratic Forces’s supply of fuel to the Assad regime’s areas, despite US sanctions that prevent any party from supporting the Assad regime with oil.

Assad regime relies heavily on oil supplies that it receives from the areas of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and Jeffrey stressed that “the production of oil wells in eastern Syria amounts to approximately 100,000 barrels per day, part of which is consumed in northeastern Syria, and some are sold at competitive prices that reach Its value amounts to billions of dollars, most of it flowing into the Syrian Democratic Forces and associated local administrative agencies.

The warnings of the US envoy came as the Turkish-backed National Army was preparing to launch a military operation against the “Qasd” militia in Ain Issa in the countryside of Raqqa.