FILE PHOTO: An elderly man sits near the Syrian-Turkish border in Ras al-Ayn town, Syria December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Alarmed by a U.S. decision to leave Syria, Kurdish leaders who run much of the north are urging Russia and its ally Damascus to send forces to shield the border from the threat of a Turkish offensive.
Their call for a return of Syrian government forces to the border, which Kurdish fighters have held for years, points to the depth of their crisis in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw forces.
