Trump cedes Syrian city Manbij to Russia in "battlefield handover" as Turkey tries to take it.
US troops have begun a hasty exit from Manbij, and are set to help Russia establish itself there amid Turkey's attack on the Kurdish-led, US-backed fighters at the strategic location
US troops have begun a hasty exit from Manbij, and are set to help Russia establish itself there amid Turkey's attack on the Kurdish-led, US-backed fighters at the strategic location
On Trump's orders, US troops surrender Syrian city, Manbij, to Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, which is owned by "Putin's chef," Prigozhin, who owns Kremlin troll farm, the IRA, and was indicted by Mueller for US election interference.
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Feb 2018: Putin ally Yevgeniy Prigozhin [indicted by Mueller for interfering in the 2016 US election] was said to be in touch with the Kremlin and Assad before his Wagner Group mercenaries attacked US troops in Syria.
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Prigozhin owns Russia's Evro Polis, which struck a deal in 2016 with the Syrian govt for 25% of the oil produced on territory recaptured from ISIS.
Manbij, which Trump just ceded to Prigozhin's mercenaries, was one of the largest ISIS oil markets.
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Manbij, which Trump just ceded to Prigozhin's mercenaries, was one of the largest ISIS oil markets.
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In 2016, Russia's Evro Polis, owned by Putin ally Prigozhin, made a deal with the Syrian govt for 25% of the oil produced on territory recaptured from ISIS. Manbij, which Trump just ceded to Prigozhin's mercenaries, was one of the largest ISIS oil markets.
Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group [owned by Putin ally, Prigozhin] give a video tour of the abandoned American base in Manbij, laughing at the hasty US retreat [ordered by Trump], showing, among other things, heavy military equipment left behind.
