1. #Syria #SDF: Excerpt from Briefing with Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS John Godfrey On U.S. Participation in the Upcoming D-ISIS Ministerial.
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2. "On Syria, our partnership with the Syrian Democratic Forces remains strong. We continue to support them in the coalition’s fight against ISIS and the SDF continues to do great work in maintaining pressure against ISIS in the northeast part of the
3. country. We continue to closely monitor ISIS activity throughout the country and assess that ISIS has continued its efforts to regroup and carry out attacks in non-SDF-controlled areas – particularly, as one example, in the Badia desert.
4. And while on the topic of Syria, I’d just briefly note the detention centers and humanitarian camps are a growing issue. Two years after ISIS’s territorial defeat, the SDF continue to secure about 10,000 ISIS fighters, including some 2,000 foreign terrorist fighters – that is
5. non-Syrian, non-Iraqi – in makeshift facilities. As these detainees await repatriation and prosecution in their home countries, our local partners need to support – need support to help ensure humane and secure detention conditions."
6. Badia dessert has been a problem for years. Russia and Assad just don't have the air capability to take them out. If SDF could link up all of that region with Jordan it might be worth their trouble to clean it out with our pilots. At least it's good that
7. we're recognizing the threat Badia poses. Anyone seen demographics on the Daesh in Badia? I would expect Iraqi fighters. Are their other foreigners?
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