All of the nearly 1,000 US troops withdrawing from northern Syria will head to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants, Defense Sec. Esper says.
Esper said Saturday that the fragile cease-fire was generally holding despite reports of intermittent fighting.Trump has been steadfast about his decision to withdraw U.S. troops who'd been protecting Kurdish areas out of the way of the Turkish advance, prompting criticism both domestically and abroad.
The president has bragged about the cease-fire the U.S. negotiated, claiming it saved thousands of lives. “The ceasefire is holding up very nicely. There are some minor skirmishes that have ended quickly. New areas being resettled with Kurds. U.S. soldiers are not in combat or ceasefire zone. We have secured the Oil.” Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense. Ending endless wars!But a top Kurdish general told NBC News he fears the Turkish campaign in Syria will result in “ethnic cleansing.”
Gen. Mazloum Kobani, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, said that the U.S. bears full responsibility for what is happening.“We trusted them for five years and the continuing war against ISIS, but now [there is] ethnic cleansing against the Kurdish people under their eyes. If they wanted, they would have interfered to stop it.”
The Kurds, a loyal ally in America's fight against ISIS for years, have claimed Trump’s actions amounted to a betrayal.
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