In an interview with Fox News this month, Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the SDF, warned that if his Kurdish fighters have to flee, ISIS would return. He also said half of his fighters ...

Gen Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the SDF, said IS had increased in the desert, while the Kurdish forces were coming under increased pressure from Turkey and its Syrian allies.

Erdoğan's campaign to purge the SDF in northern Syria has created a dangerous security situation in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), according to Gen. Mazloum Abdi, the SDF’s ...