3) Since Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) would not strike & shut down lucrative oil trade, US chose to rely heavily on jihadist forces it is training and equipping in al-Tanf area. According to tribal leaders in Deir ez-Zor, US launched “a campaign ... to prevent smuggling oil...
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14) By now there were some 2,000 to 3,000 jihadist fighters in entire Badiyah al-Sham region living off main US-sponsored bases in the al-Tanf area. The escalation has strategic impact because the Syrian military has had to divert reinforcements earmarked for offensive in Idlib
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15) thus USA/jihadist operations on desert roads out of al-Tanf help to protect last major pocket of US-sponsored al-Qaida affiliated jihadists in Idlib. Further US help for ISIS: as promised to jihadist fighters by US recruiters in March 2019, on June 2, 2019, US-proxy Kurds...
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16) Kurds running the al-Hawl camp released more than 800 women and children — all families of DI’ISH fighters — and handed them to their families residing in the al-Tanf area. This was the first such transfer of ISIS/DAESH non-combatants and more are expected soon.
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