(17.8.2017) The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias dominated by the Kurdish YPG, believes the United States has a „strategic interest“ in staying on, SDF spokesman Talal Silo told Reuters.

„They have a strategy policy for decades to come. There will be military, economic and political agreements in the long term between the leadership of the northern areas (of Syria) … and the U.S. administration,“ Silo said.