President Trump ordered the withdrawal of almost all remaining U.S. forces from Syria on Sunday, a shocking development as ISIS terrorists’ affiliates and family members reportedly escaped jail amid Turkey’s chaotic invasion in the north. The commander-in-chief’s sanction of Turkey’s attack opens up the way for “many radicalized ISIS fighters” to potentially find their way to the States, “increasing the number of terrorists and would-be terrorists,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday. Advertisement “For New Yorkers, this action a world away delivers a deep worry here at home because we, more than anyone after 9/11, know terrorism can begin as a tiny cell from as far as ‘7,000 miles away’ and then metastasize into a domestic attack on our doorstep," he said in a statement. "Our partnership with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) not only contained ISIS, but helped ensure the security of Americans right here in New York, and now we have taken a giant step back,” he added. Hundreds of affiliates of Islamic State — the ultra-violent terrorist group whose “caliphate” was largely destroyed by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces — escaped from a camp for displaced people Sunday, according to news reports. An unknown number of “sleeper cells” of terrorists attacked Kurdish guards who’d been securing the Ain Issa camp as Turkish-backed militias invaded the region, according to the Guardian newspaper, citing a Kurdish official. Also, 700 children of ISIS fighters and 249 women panicked, rioted and scared off other guards at a holding camp, the newspaper reported, enabling the prisoners to to escape. Ain Issa, about 20 miles south of the Turkish border, was home base to the Kurdish administration governing northern Syria. Recent years have seen Kurdish authorities maintain a degree of autonomy from the government in Damascus, which has been accused of major war crimes. The latest jailbreak came after five ISIS militants reportedly escaped a Kurdish-run prison and terrorists claimed responsibility for a bombing on Kurdish- held turf Friday. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Kurds were fleeing south as the Turkish invasion entered its fifth day Sunday. Turkish-backed militias have reportedly taken control of highways that were previously used to supply U.S. forces. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that Trump has ordered most of the 1,000 U.S. troops in northern Syria to evacuate, following an initial withdrawal of 50 members of armed forces last Monday. "We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation,” he said on CBS' "Face the Nation." “I spoke with the president last night, after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern Syria.” Trump continued his series of outlandish statements about the situation, crowing Sunday, “We have become a far greater Economic P
Trump withdraws remaining US forces from Syria as ISIS affiliates escape
President Trump ordered the withdrawal of almost all remaining U.S. forces from Syria on Sunday, a shocking development as ISIS terrorists’ affiliates and family members reportedly escaped jail amid Turkey’s chaotic invasion in the north. The commander-in-chief’s sanction of Turkey’s attack opens up the way for “many radicalized ISIS fighters” to potentially find their way to the States, “increasing the number of terrorists and would-be terrorists,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday. Advertisement “For New Yorkers, this action a world away delivers a deep worry here at home because we, more than anyone after 9/11, know terrorism can begin as a tiny cell from as far as ‘7,000 miles away’ and then metastasize into a domestic attack on our doorstep," he said in a statement. "Our partnership with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) not only contained ISIS, but helped ensure the security of Americans right here in New York, and now we have taken a giant step back,” he added. Hundreds of affiliates of Islamic State — the ultra-violent terrorist group whose “caliphate” was largely destroyed by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces — escaped from a camp for displaced people Sunday, according to news reports. An unknown number of “sleeper cells” of terrorists attacked Kurdish guards who’d been securing the Ain Issa camp as Turkish-backed militias invaded the region, according to the Guardian newspaper, citing a Kurdish official. Also, 700 children of ISIS fighters and 249 women panicked, rioted and scared off other guards at a holding camp, the newspaper reported, enabling the prisoners to to escape. Ain Issa, about 20 miles south of the Turkish border, was home base to the Kurdish administration governing northern Syria. Recent years have seen Kurdish authorities maintain a degree of autonomy from the government in Damascus, which has been accused of major war crimes. The latest jailbreak came after five ISIS militants reportedly escaped a Kurdish-run prison and terrorists claimed responsibility for a bombing on Kurdish- held turf Friday. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Kurds were fleeing south as the Turkish invasion entered its fifth day Sunday. Turkish-backed militias have reportedly taken control of highways that were previously used to supply U.S. forces. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that Trump has ordered most of the 1,000 U.S. troops in northern Syria to evacuate, following an initial withdrawal of 50 members of armed forces last Monday. "We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation,” he said on CBS' "Face the Nation." “I spoke with the president last night, after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern Syria.” Trump continued his series of outlandish statements about the situation, crowing Sunday, “We have become a far greater Economic P
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