'Betrayal leaves a bitter taste': spurned Kurds flee Turkish onslaught
by Martin Chulov in north-east Syria from World news | The Guardian on (#4S9BE)
As they seek safety away from Turkish shells, Syrian Kurds burn with anger at Donald Trump's betrayal
Waiting at a roadside depot, Hussein Rammo, a stooped elderly Kurd, his eyes wet with tears, had the look of a broken man. "Betrayal leaves the bitterest taste," he said, his voice at a whisper as he discussed Donald Trump's decision to abandon Syria's Kurds.
"I am 63 years old and I have never seen anything like this. Before there was regime oppression and now we are getting betrayal. This is worse."
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