Obama era politics casts shadow over U.S. Syria discussions
The origins of the current US role in eastern Syria are in 2014 when the US began bombing ISIS in eastern Syria, forming the Kurdish YPG into the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) take part in a military parade as they celebrate victory over the Islamic state, in Qamishli, Syria March 28, 2019(photo credit: REUTERS/RODI SAID)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN