_"This is a liberation," Mr.

_"This is a liberation," Mr. Tammo told the NY Times, "They [YPG] took control by force of arms and forced the people to live under their rule." _

Did they?

Throughout "Operation Olive Branch", FSA members have been accused of extrajudicial executions, mutilation of female soldiers bodies, and looting. Since they occupied the city on Sunday, they broke into shops, restaurants and houses, often leaving nothing behind.

Those are the "moderate rebels" you read about, the guys of which Western governments said that they would bring democracy to Syria. They are doing really well.

By the way, did you recently notice the term "SDF" in the news? Or "US-led coalition"? No? You are right. When Kobane was besieged by ISIS in 2014, the US saw a chance to get "boots on the ground" to fight ISIS without sending own troops. (Hello Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq...) Since the YPG/YPJ were not as excluding as other forces (Remember how moderate rebels attacked moderate rebels? And both groups backed by the US?), they also included Arabs and others and called themselves "SDF" - Syrian Democratic Forces.

That term almost disappeared when instead Western media reported about the "US-led coalition" - which funnily included both SDF and FSA (yes, the "moderate rebels"), who were fighting each other - or rather, the FSA couldn't stand the SDF, because the "moderate rebels" were not quite so "moderate". In a YT video posted by the allegedly most moderate group the guy behind the camera managed to praise Allah 17 times a minute. Apparently that's "moderate".

If you go back through news articles, you will find that the "US-led coalition" disappeared from news by the time Turkey invaded Syria. For a short time there was still a "US-backed coalition", then there were YPG and YPJ, meanwhile sometimes all that is left is "the Kurds".

It looks like "the Kurds" fulfilled their purpose and can be thrown to the wolves (Turkey and "FSA"). Ironically, the only people supporting them now are regular Syrian troops, Assad's SAA.
http://theregion.org/article/13093-turkey-will-replace-afrin-administration-with-its-own-council