Kurdish fighters who came to Syria from around the Middle East to support Syrian Kurdish forces will leave if a ceasefire is reached in the conflict with Turkey in northern Syria, the commander of Syrian Kurdish-led forces told Reuters on Thursday.The withdrawal of non-Syrian Kurdish fighters is one of the major demands of neighboring Turkey, which deems Syria’s dominant Kurdish groups a national security threat and is backing a new military campaign against them in the north.For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.Hostilities have escalated since Bashar al-Assad was toppled less than two weeks ago, with Turkey and Syrian armed groups it backs seizing the city of Manbij from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Dec. 9.SDF commander Mazloum Abdi’s comments mark the first time he has confirmed that non-Syrian Kurdish fighters, including members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), have come to Syria to support his forces during the