With Turkish airstrikes hitting a number of Kurdish-controlled sites across northeastern Syria, Kurdish officials are looking to emphasize those strikes that hit a major detention camp for ISIS fighters.
The strikes on the camps, according to officials, have allowed hundreds of ISIS detainees to make their getaways. It’s not clear how many of these are actual fighters, or how many are just relatives, as all were held together.
Kurdish statements are leaning toward the high-end on escapees, saying that 785 foreigners had escaped. Some officials even accused Turkish-backed “mercenaries” of attacking the base on the ground and opening the gates for ISIS.
That seems unlikely, but there seems to be a strong interest among Kurdish officials to set the stage for blaming Turkey for anything that ISIS fighters do in the future. They have emphasized that there are fewer guards at the detention site because with Turkish fighters attacking the region, they’ve had to be sent elsewhere to defend other locations.
This was to be expected, and the US emphasizes that they intend to hold Turkey accountable for the ISIS fighters, so it was inevitable that what was happening in north Syria would result in at least some ISIS fighters getting loose.
Officials? Or YPG militia?
One cannot take anything seriously coming from them. Even Trump ratted on them for releasing people from camps.
Really, what are those people going to do unless they have somebody locally to help them. Many do, as they are not ISIS, but locals that rebelled against Kurdish militias running their town and villages. As for families id former ISIS they will starve unless Turkey or Syria take over.
YPG is a vile entity, not noble fighters. They are lording over many towns and villages with vast Arab population shamelessly hoping US would stay and ket them oust the majority and resettle Kurds from everywhere – Turkey, Iraq ir Iran. Big plans. But US cannot afford another Israel.
The big reason the kurdish is not let alone is the huge oil reserves they sit on as i see it. Thats what Saddam wanted from them and was furious he couldnt deal nor handle them.
Besides Turkey is them self nothing but a vile entity… Maybe you dont remember who bought stolen oil from ISIS…
Another Israel is unlikely. I never heard of a plan making a jewish state in kurdish territory.