The main rebel group in Syria says its joint military operations with the U.S. against ISIS have stopped due to the threat of a Turkish ground offensive and airstrikes, creating concern that ISIS prisoners may escape from detention facilities.
continue,” but those are generally instances of U.S. forces driving around the facilities while en route to meetings.
If security forces abandon the prisons and refugee camps, thousands of ISIS fighters could be released into Syria and threaten the region and the West, say U.S. military officials. The officials say they are tracking a possible Turkish ground offensive in northwestern Syria, near Tal Rifaat, but say at this point it is not clear whether any ground movement is imminent. The U.S. military does not have a presence in the west, but officials warn that a Turkish ground offensive will likely also include air and artillery strikes in the northeast where the U.S. has personnel.Mazloum said that U.S.
Since then, no strikes have directly threatened U.S. troops or personnel, according to the CJTF-OIR spokesperson. The U.S. military force posture in Syria has not changed in light of the recent strikes or threatened Turkish ground invasion.
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