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US-backed forces in Syria are talking about releasing more than 3,000 ISIS prisoners as Trump moves to withdraw American troops

After President Donald Trump announced that US troops will be withdrawing from Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces began discussing the possibility of releasing ISIS prisoners, which could be a "real disaster." The militia g.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 20th, 2018

Could ISIS Take Control Over Iraq"s Largest Oil Field?

Could ISIS Take Control Over Iraq's Largest Oil Field? Via OilPrice.com, As always, it’s the fear of sanctions that provides the leverage Trump seeks in this cat-and-mouse game with Iran. And this time, t.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeJan 17th, 2020

Troops in Iraq have been reassigned from fighting ISIS to protecting US assets amid Iran conflict

Amid conflict with Iran, a US-led coalition formed to fight the threat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria has been reassigned to protecting the bases that house its own troops. The forces of the Combined Joint Task .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 5th, 2020

What Bashar Assad"s victory looks like in Syria — "totally and utterly triumphalist"

Syrian government forces, backed by Russian troops, retook Ghouta in April 2018, after pummeling the city for years. On the ground in Ghouta, Bashar Assad's forces have reveled in their victor.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 26th, 2019

Turkey doesn"t want to hold onto foreign ISIS fighters but neither does the rest of the world. So where will they go?

Screen grab President Donald Trump made the abrupt decision to pull the remaining US troops out of Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria last month, setting in motion a regional domino effect. One con.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 15th, 2019

Turkey doesnt want to hold onto foreign ISIS fighters but neither does the rest of the world. So where will they go?

Screen grab President Donald Trump made the abrupt decision to pull the remaining US troops out of Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria last month, setting.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 15th, 2019

Trump claimed the US captured all ISIS fighters, but they just launched a major attack on an Iraqi oil field

Stringer / REUTERS ISIS fighters staged an attack at an Iraqi oil field in the wake of a panicked troop drawdown in neighboring Syria and the Iraqi government's refusa.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 22nd, 2019

1,000 US troops left in Syria will be moved to Iraq as the Trump administration faces fallout over a possible ISIS resurgence

Associate.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 21st, 2019

Trump"s hasty exit forced US troops to bomb their own base in "an extreme worst-case scenario"

US Air Force/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung US forces destroyed the former base of counter-ISIS operations in Syria, according to a release from Operation Inherent Resolve s.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 17th, 2019

Trump suggested the Kurds were releasing ISIS prisoners, but US officials say Turkish-backed forces are actually doing this

Evan Vucci/AP Turkish-backed Syrian Arab forces have deliberately released ISIS prisoners amid Turkey's invasion into northern Syria, two US officials told Foreign Policy.&nbs.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 14th, 2019

Trump has delivered what Russia wants in Syria — at zero cost — and "Putin likely can"t believe his luck"

Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS "Putin likely can't believe his luck" at Trump's withdrawal of US troops from the Kurdish region on the border of Syria and Turkey, a Western military official from the anti-ISIS coalition told Insider. Syrian t.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 14th, 2019

US-backed allies in Syria have paused their fight against ISIS amid Turkish military assault

Hussein Malla/Associated Press US-backed Kurdish fighters have halted operations for now against Islamic State in Syria as Turkey launches a military offensive in Syria's northeast, two US officials and a Kurdish military source said on.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 9th, 2019

The US troop withdrawal from northern Syria could reinvigorate ISIS

The Trump administration said Sunday that US troops would pull out of northeastern Syria ahead of a possible Turkish military operation in the area. The withdrawal, .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 7th, 2019

Trump"s shocking decision to pull US troops out of Syria could lead to thousands of ISIS fighters escaping from jail, Syrian official warns

Associated Press ISIS could use the confusion caused by a US withdrawal from northern Syria to attempt to free thousands of captured fighters, a Syrian official told Business Insider. President Donald Trump ordered th.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 7th, 2019

Sri Lankan Suicide Bomber Trained With ISIS In Syria, Investigators Say

Despite President Trump heralding the destruction of ISIS at the hands of US and Syrian forces, one of the justifications he cited for ordering US troops to leave Syria (though the administration quietl.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 29th, 2019

US Opens New Military Base In Former ISIS Stronghold

So much for President Donald Trump's promises to pull US troops out of Syria. Despite the U.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeApr 17th, 2018

Russia and Syria Defeating ISIS While World Plays Politics

Syrian government troops have gained full control of the Douma enclave, the last militant stronghold in Eastern Ghouta, 10km from Damascus, the Russian Defense Ministry says. The latest development marks a “symbolic event,” ac.....»»

Category: topSource: livetradingnewsApr 12th, 2018

Israel strikes Iran infra in Syria in largest operation since 1974: Updates

Israeli strikes on several areas of Syria on Wednesday night killed at least 23 fighters, including five Syrian regime troops and 18 other allied forces.....»»

Category: topSource: business-standardMay 10th, 2018

ISIS Loses Over a Million Dollars in Drugs to U.S.-Backed Rebels in Syria

Syrian rebel group Maghawir al-Thawra vowed to keep Al-Tanf free of drugs, but Syria, Russia and Iran say the insurgents and the U.S. have no business there......»»

Category: topSource: newsweekJun 18th, 2018

These photos of US troops hammering ISIS in Syria and then playing baseball are straight outta "Apocalypse Now"

US Army About a mile from the Iraqi-Syrian border is a US military fire base where approximately 150 Marines and soldiers are still hammering ISIS in Syria with artillery.  "To get to the firebase, you fly.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJul 5th, 2018