As the Turkish military expands it’s footprint in Northern Syria?
Kurds and American military forces are seeking safety…
And?
ISIS reminates are getting freed and could be regrouping…
The whole area seems to be destabilized, which could be the beginning of a resurgence of trouble in the region…
Turkey has always been uncomfortable with the Kurds…. American efforts to control ISIS never stopped their efforts to crush the Kurds efforts to form their own state in Northern Syria which has been going on for decades…
Trump’s action to please Turkey’s leader has allowed this…
Hundreds of relatives of Islamic State fighters fled a Kurdish-run detention camp on Sunday morning after Turkish airstrikes hit the surrounding area, deepening the crisis prompted by the Turkish-led invasion of northern Syria.
The escapes came hours before the United States military said it would withdraw its remaining troops from northern Syria in the coming weeks, despite a likely resurgence of the Islamic State amid chaotic efforts by Turkish-led troops to wrest the region from Kurdish control.
A Kurdish official also said that the flag of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, had been raised in the countryside between the camp in the Kurdish-held town of Ain Issa and the Turkish border, another indication of how the Kurdish authorities were losing control of a region they had freed from the extremists only months ago.
“We are facing very fierce attacks and we’re forced to decrease numbers of guards,” said the official, Ciya Kurd, of the Kurdish-led regional authority, who confirmed the break from the displacement camp after the Turkish strikes.
Turkey’s military offensive in Syria threatens to destabilize the region and boost ISIS, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a phone call Sunday.
“The chancellor spoke in favor of an immediate end to the military operation,” said Ulrike Demmer, a spokesperson for Merkel, adding that the Turkish leader had requested the call…
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