Islam Times - US-backed SDF is Concerned over Iraqi PMU Operation against Daesh at Border with Syria

US-backed SDF is Concerned over Iraqi PMU Operation against Daesh at Border with Syria

Islam Times - The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are concerned over the recent gains of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) at the Syrian-Iraqi border.

Earlier, the Iraqi PMU reached the border with Syria in the western part of the province of Nineveh and their units are now deployed near the area controlled by the SDF in northeastern Syria.

News reports indicate that the US-backed forces are concerned over this development and held an urgent meeting to discuss the issue.

“The Kurdish Security Police of the Rojava Asayish held a meeting on Monday in Qamishli city, in northeastern Syria, to discuss the ‘Iranian project’, after the Iraqi Shia paramilitary Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) linked up with areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The Asayish said in a statement that a broad security meeting was held in Qamishli in the presence of the general commander of the Asayish forces, Ciwan Ibrahim, to discuss the formation of a defense system in Rojava-Northern Syria ‘to confront the Iranian project’ that is supported by the Baath regime forces and affiliated Shia groups, i.e. the Syrian military and its allies.

Moreover, the Asayish said that a spy media network was uncovered in Rojava, and according to the SDF (Kurdish militias are a core of the group), the PMU poses a threat to SDF security and it is bad that Daesh had been expelled from this part of the Syrian-Iraqi border.

The Asayish statement also ignored the fact that the PMU is an official part of the Iraqi Armed Forces.