US official warns of deterioration of ties between KRI, NE Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – A US official operating with the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq warned on Friday of the deterioration of relations s between Kurds of Syria and those of Iraq a day after the closure of Semalka-Faysh Khabur border crossing between the two countries.
On Thursday, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) closed the Semalka-Faysh Kahbur border crossing until further notice without giving details.
The KRG set a week for foreign residencies bearers to leave northeast Syria.
The Semalka-Faysh Kahbur border crossing links the areas of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) with those of the KRI.
The US official, who preferred to stay unnamed, tried to mediate between the two parties in an attempt to reopen the crossing, but to no vain.
The official warned of the deterioration of the intra-Kurdish relations.
He also noted that this time is different from previous closures, “if this condition is not solved soon, this threatens with a catastrophe between the two parties leading to dangerous levels.”
The Semalka border crossing administration on the Syrian part said late on Thursday in a statement that the crossing is open from its part because it is a “humanitarian border.”
Despite failure, the US official expressed readiness to mediate again between the two parties.