Syria on Monday denounced the US-led coalition's plan to create a 30,000-strong border force in the country's northeast, saying it would consider its members "traitors".
"Syria strongly condemns the US announcement on the creation of militias in the country's northeast, which represents a blatant attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity and unity of Syria, and a flagrant violation of international law," said the source, cited by state news agency SANA.
"Syria considers any Syrian who participates in these militias sponsored by the Americans as a traitor to their people and nation, and will deal with them on this basis."
It said that the Syri urges the international community to denounce this American step and take action to put an end to the domination mentality and arrogance which govern the US administration’s policies, warning of its negative consequences on international peace and security.
On Saturday, the Defense Post news website published an article, in which the spokesman of the US-led coalition said that the coalition was engaged in a training of a 30,000-strong force on the territory within Syria currently controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to maintain security in the area along the Syrian border.
About half would be SDF veterans, and another 15,000 would be new recruits.
