Earlier on Friday, US Senator Lindsey Graham called for a joint military presence of EU countries and the US in Syria in order to protect American-backed Kurdish forces in the country from Ankara, as well as to prevent the IS terrorist group from regaining its positions.

Only Turkish forces should deploy in the planned safe zone in northeast Syria, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted by state-owned Anadolu news agency as saying on Friday, February 15.

France’s foreign minister on Friday, February 15, said he was mystified by US policy on northeastern Syria after US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops.
He claimed that the move 'would only benefit Iran.'

The United States should keep arming and aiding the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) following the planned US withdrawal from Syria, provided the group keeps up the pressure on Islamic State, a senior US general told Reuters on Friday (February 15).

A French official close to Paris government told France Press on Friday that the forces of the countr in Syra would quit the war-torn country after the U.S. annunced it would call its forces home.

Iran, Russia and Turkey presidents stressed on Thursday that Syrian government forces should replace U.S. troops once they withdraw from parts of the country, intensifying efforts to plan for a postwar Syria.

The U.S. acting Defense Minister stated he has discussed, in Brussels, with his country's allies the deployment of NATO forces into northern Syria to replace the U.S. troops in the Kurdish region.

The US should not abandon Srian Kurdish and Arab allies who led the fight against IS, British officials have said, warning a rapid withdrawal of its troops would risk a resurgence of the jihadists, The Telegraph reported.

President Donald Trump’s announcement at the end of 2018 that he would withdraw U.S. troops from Syria came as a surprise to all parties involved, sparking particular concern among America’s Syrian Kurdish allies. The move followed President Trump’s declaration of victory over ISIS after a four-year military campaign fighting alongside Syrian Kurdish forces. This sudden and unexpected decision has been widely criticized not only by allies but also those inside the White House, with many analysts arguing that the U.S. withdrawal will expose the Syrian Kurds to an attack by Turkey.

An Israeli drone fired four missiles near a demolished hospital and an army observation post in Syria’s southern Quneitra province near the border with Israel, but there had been only material damage, the Syrian army said on Monday, February 11.

A French analyst believes his country cannot defend Kurds in Syria and the country would quit war-torn Syria after the U.S. withdraws its forces.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Turkey's western allies of arming terrorists and killers who target Muslims around the world.

The United States will withdraw all its forces from Syria by the end of April, media reported.

The United States is going to leave Syria, President Donald Trump stressed, refusing to say when it would happen.

As Turkey and the Syrian Kurds lobby the Donald Trump administration on rival visions of a safe zone in northern Syria, a new proposal to deploy 10,000 Arab and Kurdish fighters to man it has prompted fresh speculation that a deal may be on the table.