US-Backed Forces Clash With Syrians: Whose Side Are We On, Exactly?
Daily Sabah reports one Syrian soldier killed and three injured in Aleppo, following clashes with the 'US-backed terrorist group YPG/PKK-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).' One might wonder why US-backed forces are clashing with a sovereign nation's military. The US has maintained an illegal military presence in Syria, allegedly to combat ISIS, while simultaneously arming various groups—a
strategy that has historically prolonged conflicts and fueled a proxy war environment. This 'news' sounds less like a localized incident and more like another expected outcome from a decade of Western intervention. When the US arms groups in other nations, then expresses surprise or concern when those groups engage with national armies, it’s not just a 'clash'—it’s the logical, bloody extension of
a foreign policy playbook that continually fails to produce peace. It appears the headlines report the symptoms, never the systemic disease of interventionism.