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Pompeo demanded state.gov/escalation-of-… that Syrian govt comply with "all provisions of UNSCR 2254". 2254 unscr.com/en/resolutions… called on states "to eradicate the safe haven [AlQaeda] established over significant parts of Syria" and
2/ stated that ceasefire "will NOT apply to offensive or defensive actions" against AlQaeda and "entities associated with Al Qaeda". Brett McGurk, former US envoy to region, famously stated that "Idlib Province is largest al-Qaeda safe haven since 9/11" facebook.com/watch/?v=21762…
3/ Syrian (and Russian) actions in Idlib are totally within scope of UN 2254. It is US that has been violating UN 2254 by demanding the end to efforts to eradicate AlQaeda safe haven in Idlib and by its support for AlQaeda in Idlib through weapons and supplies.
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while Trump celebrates death of Al Qaeda leader in Yemen, Trump administration is trying to protect AQ franchise in Syria (HTS). US Ambassador Jeffrey says "we have not seen them [Al Qaeda's Syrian branch] planning or carrying out international terrorism attacks". Trump admin,
2/ like Obama admin before it, has complete lost the plot of 2001 AUMF which is authority for US military presence: it was to eradicate AQ and its offshoots - including HTS and its leader al-Joulani. HTS was founded by al-Baghdadi as offshoot of Al Qaeda in Iraq.
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US Ambassador Jeffrey calls on Syria to "behave as a normal, decent country" that "does not allow terrorists such as HTS and particularly Daesh/ISIS emerge and flourish". state.gov/ambassador-jam…

First, ISIS is metastasized offshoot of Al Qaeda in Iraq which arose from conditions
2/ in Iraq arising from US invasion and occupation.

Second, US, UK, Qatar, Saudi, Turkey and others armed and financed opposition factions in Syria who, together with Al Qaeda, also financed and armed by West and Gulf States, created the outlaw regions of which Jeffrey complains
3/ as long as Trump allows his foreign policy to be dictated by people like Jeffrey, he might as well turn his entire foreign policy over to Vindman and Ciaramella.
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sensible article in NYT nytimes.com/2020/02/06/wor… showing implausibility of US attribution of attack near Kirkuk, which killed US contractor, to Iraqi militia (Kataib Hz) when ISIS remnants active in area. I made same observation almost immediately.
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