A member of the Central Committee of the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) said: "Everyone in the world knows that contrary to [Turkey President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan's slogans, his intention was not freedom and security for the people in northern Syria, but he seeks expansionism and aggression in Syria and has always emphasized that to revive the dream of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey borders would go to Aleppo, Kirkuk and Mosul.
An Indiana University professor warned the scenario of the US troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan could be repeated in Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria and Iraq.
