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muriel_volestrangler

(105,669 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 01:21 PM 4 hrs ago

Kurdish-led forces pull out of camp for IS families during clashes in Syria

Source: BBC

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says it has withdrawn from a camp holding thousands of people with alleged links to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), as clashes with the Syrian government continue despite a ceasefire agreement.

The SDF said its forces were "compelled to withdraw" from al-Hol camp and redeploy to other cities in northern Syria "due to the international indifference toward the issue of [IS]".

Syria's interior ministry condemned the move, saying it took place without co-ordination with the government or US-led coalition against IS.

It came after dozens of suspected IS fighters escaped nearby Shaddadi prison during clashes between government forces and the SDF.

On Sunday, the militia alliance agreed to give the government control of the Kurdish-run autonomous region in the north-east, including its prisons and camps, in a deal meant to end almost two weeks of fighting.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g39w8k8zwo



Not good. Maybe Trump should offer the Kurds a free seat on his Board for Peace? I expect he'd happily sell it to IS if they could raise the cash.
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Kurdish-led forces pull out of camp for IS families during clashes in Syria (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago OP
He stabbed the Kurds in the back once when he sold them out to turkey during his first term fujiyamasan 3 hrs ago #1

fujiyamasan

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1. He stabbed the Kurds in the back once when he sold them out to turkey during his first term
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:25 PM
3 hrs ago

I’m sure he’d be happy to do it again.

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