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America's Proxy in Syria
(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Abdulrahman Al-Rashed - The U.S. has established local militias in Syria to fight against Iran's militias and forces. 30,000 Kurdish Syrians are being recruited, armed and trained within the Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD) east of the Euphrates. Most of them are Kurds and there are also some Arabs. The Russians' insistence to protect the Iranians in Syria made the Americans resort to expanding the role of Syria's Kurds to confront ISIS, Iran, the Syrian regime and even the Turks. Moscow's story that it neither has influence over the Assad regime nor the capability to get the Iranians out of Syria does not convince anyone. Without the Russian air force, the Syrian regime forces and the Iranian forces cannot keep new territories, and without the Russian S-300 missiles, Israeli airstrikes will kill more of the Iranian regime forces. Due to the Americans' militarization east of the Euphrates, they, through QSD, control vast Syrian areas, from Iraq's borders in the south to Turkey's border in the north. Hence, the Russians have to choose between victory without the Iranians or resuming the war through them. The writer is former general manager of Al-Arabiya television and former editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat.