A video has surfaced showing residents of a Syrian town near the border of Turkey throwing rotten fruits and rocks at U.S. troops during their withdrawal.
The video, posted by Kurdish agency Hawar News, shows a people throwing the objects at a vehicle that appears to be a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Oshkosh M-ATV. The events unfolded in the town of Qamishli.
“Extraordinary scenes in Qamishli as withdrawing US force is pelted with stones and rotten fruit,” journalist Adam Harvey said in a tweet. Harvey also posted a video showing an M-ATV backing up as it is pelted with what appears to be rocks.
Stones and rotten fruit for the withdrawing US force. What a farce this has been. pic.twitter.com/PN82C6I18a
— Adam Harvey (@adharves) October 21, 2019
President Trump faced blowback from both sides of the aisle after he decided to relocate troops in northern Syria to allow a Turkish invasion to commence. He later abruptly withdrew about 1,000 troops from the region.
Dozens of civilians in the region have been killed since Turkey began its attack against the Kurds.
Trump said Thursday that Turkish and Kurdish forces have agreed to a cease-fire that includes Kurdish forces withdrawing from an approximately 20-mile “safe zone” in Syria along the Turkish border, despite that, there have been reports of both sides violating the agreement.
