As Turkey launches offensive operations into northeastern Syria against once American-backed Syrian militias, the danger facing U.S. forces in the region have heightened amid reports that U.S. operations against the Islamic State militant group in Syria have halted.
As Turkey launches offensive operations into northeastern Syria against once American-backed Syrian militias, the danger facing U.S. forces in the region have heightened. This is because all U.S. operations against the Islamic State militant group in Syria have halted,President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey wrote on Twitter Wednesday his country's military in collaboration with the Syrian National Army had launched planned military incursions against U.S.
A woman walks as smoke billows following Turkish bombardment in Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on October 9, 2019. - Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish forces in northern Syria with air strikes and explosions reported along the border. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the attack on Twitter, labelling it"Operation Peace Spring."reported on Monday that U.S.
Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad after Turkish bombings, in a picture taken from the Turkish side of the border near Akcakale in the Sanliurfa province on October 9, 2019. - Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish forces in northern Syria on October 9 with air strikes and artillery fire reported along the border. The Turkish President announced the start of the attack on Twitter, labelling it"Operation Peace Spring".
On Tuesday, Trump pushed back on the narrative that the U.S. had abandoned American-backed Syrian militias on Twitter:"We may be in the process of leaving Syria, but in no way have we Abandoned the Kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters," citing both financial aid and weapons supplied to Kurdish fighters by the U.S.
"That is the commander-in-chief not acting as the commander-in-chief," said Bowman. [It's] evidence of a broken national security process in my view. And to be in these dangerous places as a U.S. military officer, working with people who are carrying weapons, whose trust you need to earn when they start to question whether you're friend or foe, that is not a nice place for Americans to be. And the president is not making it any easier.
In February, then-U.S. Central Command commander, Army General Joseph Votel testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that he"was not consulted" prior to Trump's December announcement that American forces would withdraw its troops from Syria.
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