The withdrawal of Trump is biggest gift for IS , Russia threatens to target American missile system

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The international press on Saturday touche upon to the effects of Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria and Afghanistan,and as well as warnings of SDF to stop the battles against IS if Turkey launched any attacks on North Syria .

The withdrawal of Trump from Syria gives the biggest gift to Daesh

"The American president's declaration will destroy the confidence of local allies fighting terrorism in the United States," the British Guardian said.

Christmas came early in Syria. A tweet The surprising "Donald Trump" that refers to the withdrawal of US troops clearly indicated the winners and losers of the eight-year Syrian war.

"While the United States did not have much influence in Syria - thanks to Barack Obama's catastrophic 2013 decision not to act after the chemical attacks on al-Ghouta . In a 16-word letter, Trump managed to encourage of IS , Damascus, Moscow, Hezbollah and Iran. In a sense,he gave up any western influence on Syria and handed the territories over to dictatorial rulers, murderers and terrorists

Kurdish official: SDF's fighters may stop fighting if Turkey launched attack

"Some Kurds see Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria as giving a green light to Erdogan, which will make him more aggressive than before," says the British Middle East Internet site.

Elham Ahmed, political official of the Syrian Democratic Forces from the Elysee Palace in Paris, said that SDF might have to stop fighting against IS , if Turkey launched attack, and that hundreds of foreign nationals would be released from Daesh.

"If Turkey launched attack SDF may have to mobilize all its forces to confront the Turkish army and abandon to fight IS ," a Kurdish official warned Friday in Paris.

"Said Elham Ahmed, who came to Paris with the Co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council SDC, Riad Darar to discuss the situation in the area after the decision of the US President to withdraw his troops from Syria the situation may be out of control for IS' mercenaries who are prisoners at Hands' SDF."

"When the Americans were not in the area ,we were fighting terrorism. We will continue our mission, but in confronting this terrorism it would be difficult because our forces will have to withdraw from seam line in Deir-ez-Zor to take their places on the border with Turkey," Elham Ahmed told reporters.

"In the prisons of the north of the country, there are about a thousand of Daesh from thirty nationalities who were captured when the land was liberated by SDF," he said.

IS' gangs have been expelled by SDF from large areas in the north and northeast of the country, most notably the city of al-Raqqa,its main stronghold in Syria.

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