Monday, September 9, 2019

America's Top Ally In Syria Warns ISIS Is Resurging


CNN: EXCLUSIVE: America's top ally in Syria warns ISIS is resurging and asks for more US support

(CNN)America's top ally in the fight against ISIS, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, warned Friday that the terrorist group was resurging in Syria and asked for increased US support for his troops as they seek to keep ISIS from reestablishing itself.

Asked if he agreed with a recent Pentagon inspector general report that said ISIS was resurging in Syria after President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw about half the US troops from the country, Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the Syrian Democratic Forces commander, told CNN that "this is our opinion as well."

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5 comments:

Carl said...

The irony is that had the US never invaded and occupied Iraq, there never would've been an ISIS in the first place.

Bob Huntley said...

Cause and effect in action.

Anonymous said...

Do you remember Zarqawi?

The group was founded in 1999 by Jordanian Salafi jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi under the name Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād

Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirms Syria’s Nusra Front is part of its network

Carl,

You are a Kool aid drinker, troll, or stupid.

For some reason the other troll believes that the US is the only actor on the world stage and no one else has agency. I bet the other troll is so stupid, it does not speak French.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant#History

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/04/09/Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq-confirms-Syria-s-Nusra-Front-is-part-of-its-network.html

Anonymous said...

NEW IRANIAN BASE IN SYRIA

Anonymous said...

The Iranians were always going to build a base there once the loser, Barack decided to pull out in 2011.

They were slowed down, because they had to clear ISIS/Al Qaeda, who they have supported in the past. They had US and Kurdish help, but of course they were not appreciative.