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The Associated Press reports:
Turkish forces approached a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria on Sunday, setting off clashes that allowed hundreds of Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp for displaced people and prompted U.S. soldiers to withdraw from a nearby base.
A U.S. military official said the situation across northeastern Syria was “deteriorating rapidly” and that American forces were cut off from the Syrian Kurdish fighters they had previously partnered with.
The official, who was not authorized to disclose operational details and spoke on condition of anonymity, said U.S. troops on the ground are at risk of being “isolated” and cannot travel overland without a “high risk” of armed confrontation with Turkey-backed forces.
The escape of hundreds of #ISIS family members from Ain al Issa camp in northern #Syria is an entirely predictable result of #Turkey‘s incursion. It was an opportunistic jail break that observers of the region saw coming from miles away.
— Matt Bradley (@MattMcBradley) October 13, 2019
Syrian Kurdish officials say clashes near Ain Eissa, a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria, have allowed 950 Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp where they were being held. https://t.co/9eYvYPu1eQ
— Axios (@axios) October 13, 2019
Seems like Democrats should be fanned across all media making a huge stink about how Trump has intentionally put US servicemembers in mortal danger and allowed ISIS fighters escape and regroup?
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) October 12, 2019
1/ Shooting 10 minutes ago very near to us as we were driving through the city of Qamishli in northern #Syria. We filmed the incident on our phone.
Unedited footage. This is what happened. We’re safe now.@akhbar pic.twitter.com/dlQmk3i595
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019
٢/ إطلاق نار قريب، من حوالي ١٠ دقائق، بينما كنا نتنقل في مدينة القامشلي السورية.
نحن بأمان ولكن هذا ما حصل.@akhbar pic.twitter.com/gsrkul7uuD
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019
3/ We are outside Qamishli. More and more refugees on the road. These people just passed us. They are Kurds from Ras al Ayn and are already on the run since Wednesday.
They are so, so scared.@akhbar pic.twitter.com/WN02jAq14G
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019
4/ I just passed SDF checkpoint in northern Syria. Due to escape of ISIS prisoners today, there are new rules at checkpoints: Every vehicle must be stopped & if necessary searched. Each passenger must show ID.
Kurds here very worried that ISIS might go on local killing spree.
— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) October 13, 2019