The United States should protect northeast Syria and not allow Turkey to invade the region, a former US diplomat said in a recent interview. In an exclusive interview with Kurdistan 24, Peter Galbraith, the former US Ambassador to Croatia, spoke about the situation and developments in Syria’s northeast.

Ankara-backed Syrian National Army Islamist militias attacked on Sunday evening, December 20, a Russian military police patrol escorting a civilian convoy along the M-4 highway from Aleppo to Hasek in northeastern Syria.

Pakistan on Monday said it has made it clear to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that Islamabad cannot recognize Israel until a “concrete and permanent settlement” of the Palestinian issue.