US will remain in eastern Syria and seek to prevent IS resurgence, Pentagon says

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the riot advances during western Syria, became formerly an al Qaeda affiliate

Reuters

08 December, 2024, 05:35 pm

Final modified: 08 December, 2024, 05:35 pm

The US will retain its presence in japanese Syria and have to rob measures compulsory to cease a resurgence of Islamic Insist, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Protection for the Center East Daniel Shapiro acknowledged on Sunday.

Speaking hours after Syrian rebels launched they’d toppled Bashar al-Assad’s govt, Shapiro called on all events to offer protection to civilians, particularly minorities, and to appreciate global norms.

“We’re conscious that the chaotic and dynamic conditions on the ground in Syria would perhaps perhaps per chance give ISIS rental to fetch the flexibility to vary into energetic, to devise external operations, and we’re decided to work with these partners to continue to degrade their capabilities,” he suggested the Manama Dialogue security convention in Bahrain’s capital.

“(We’re decided) to be distinct (Islamic Insist’s) enduring defeat, to be distinct the procure detention of ISIS fighters and the repatriation of displaced other folks,” Shapiro added.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the riot advances during western Syria, became formerly an al Qaeda affiliate identified as the Nusra Front till its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, severed ties with the worldwide jihadist bound in 2016.

Western governments, which private shunned the Assad-led declare for years, have to near to a determination how to manage with a peculiar administration wherein HTS looks plight to private impact. HTS is a globally designated terrorist neighborhood.