According to US Central Command, the US and its partner forces were involved in 196 missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria that killed 44 ISIS operatives during the first half of 2024.
In Iraq, CENTCOM said it was involved in 137 operations with government forces that killed 30 ISIS fighters, and 74 more were detained.
Earlier this year, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was calling for the US to withdraw and said Iraqi forces could handle ISIS remnants on their own. But the US insisted on staying, and at this point, there’s no sign a withdrawal is being considered.
In Syria, CENTCOM said it participated in 59 operations with the Kurdish-led SDF that killed 14, and another 92 were detained. This year, Amnesty International said in a report that the SDF was responsible for torture and “mass death” due to the conditions of the prisons it has set up for ISIS, which hold many children.
The Syrian government is opposed to the US occupation of eastern Syria, where there are about 900 US troops stationed. By backing the SDF, the US is able to control about one-third of Syria’s territory. The US also maintains crippling sanctions on Syria that are designed to prevent the country from rebuilding.
The US uses ISIS as its justification for remaining in Iraq and Syria even though the terror group doesn’t control any significant territory. Syria and its allies are all sworn enemies of ISIS and would continue to fight ISIS remnants if the US withdrew. But the real purpose for the US keeping troops in Iraq and Syria is to counter Iran and its allies in the region.
We need a comprehensive view and plan for remapping our goals and ambitions (US) in the region.
Simple: Get. Out.
YES….!!!!!
More like a RE-VIEW or a REAR-VIEW & PAST THESE ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS!!!
I have an idea, just exit. The goal should be to exit.
Turkey can stop the yanks stealing Syrian oil and food and sell it to Iraqi Kurdistan…! They can also force US to exit both Syria and Iraq…!
According to US Central Command, the US and its partner forces were involved in 196 missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria that killed 44 ISIS operatives during the first half of 2024.
In Iraq, CENTCOM said it was involved in 137 operations with government forces that killed 30 ISIS fighters, and 74 more were detained.
In Syria, CENTCOM said it participated in 59 operations with the Kurdish-led SDF that killed 14, and another 92 were detained.
So, that's 88 killed and 166 detained in 2 countries. Does that count the goatherders? My god, they were on the verge of storming our shores. Thank you so much for keeping us safe. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
One a day. Good thing we're not still occupying Iraq, huh.
"Earlier this year, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was calling for the US to withdraw and said Iraqi forces could handle ISIS remnants on their own. But the US insisted on staying…"
Yeah, f**k, he's only the Prime Minister of the country.
Amusing that the USA doesn't do what a democratically elected leader requests in one place; but does almost everything demanded by a President 4 Life dictator in another place (Ukraine).