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Good luck surviving. donald trump s decision to endorse a turkish military operation against the kurds in syria and to pull back u.s. troops from the area has sparked widespread backlash. even republicans who never dare to criticize trump have said publicly that by pulling out our special forces, the united states is abandoning its most crucial partner in the ground fight against isis in syria. the kurds have been vital to ousting isis from its strongholds and holding thousands of u.s. fighters and their families in makeshift prisons, but turkey has viewed the rise of kurdish forces on its southern border with syria as a threat. u.s. troops were perhaps the only thing preventing turkey from invading the kurdish strongholds in northern syria, but now the turkish military has advanced inside syria, striking kurdish military sites and border towns, enforcing thousands of civilians to flee. joining me now is nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely, live from erbil in iraq. bill, w ....
Would he use it in the united states? there s simply no way for us to know. clarissa ward, cnn, london. well isis fighters are we understand setting stores on fire this morning as iraqi forces close in on the terror group s last major stronghold in that country. federal police announced overnight they ve recaptured an agricultural area more mosul and are inching further and further into the city. this comes just days after they regained control of the city s airport. joining those iraqi forces in the battle for mosul are american soldiers stationed just one mile from the front lines. it s the closest we ve ever seen u.s. troops to the ground fight against isis there in iraq. still ahead, first president trump slams the media. then the white house slams the door on reporters. cnn and other outlets blocked from a news briefing. could critical reporting on the trump campaign s contact with russian officials during the election be the main reason? plus new research shows that ....
Isis-held compound. officials are ready to northern plains the full liberation of the city within hours. meanwhile, fighting continues on the outskirts of ramadi between iraqi forces and isis strongholds. earlier this month the white house sent in special forces to aid in the ground fight. i want to bring in our senior white house correspondent jim acosta in hawaii with the president. hello to you. the u.s. beefed up military action in the region to intensify the anti-isis campaign. how is the white house reacting to what s going on there? reporter: well, we re getting the first reaction to what appears to be positive news in this fight against isis. this apparent retaking of the key city of ramadi by iraqi security forces. bret mcguirk, the presidential envoy for the counter-isis campaign, put out a tweet earlier today, put this up on screen for you, saying, our air coalition is proud to support brave iraqi troops as they defeat isil in ramadi. support will continue until all ....
Iraqi troops are going there. they are intending to fight isis on the ground. these are iraqi troops trained by united states troops. the question, though, are are they properly armed and trained to fight isis on the ground without u.s. backing? well, the u.s. is backing them with air power. air power. but what about on the ground? that s the question. on the ground and i know one of the special forces senior officers who has been involved in training the sunni tribes for some period of time over in iraq. and these folks, they would not put them into combat if they were not ready. the last thing they want to see is a defeat. as it looks now, they are rolling up isis. they are now within about a half mile of the government complex, which is probably going to be fort apache for isis in ramadi. it includes sunni muslims trained by the united states. how crucial, critical, is this ground fight in moving forward? ....
That they have a unique role here. and also, insofar as they re concerned about iran, which is another concern they have and, by the way, that we have also, totally different but serious subject also, that what i ve emphasized to them is that we don t like it. but the iranians are in the game on the ground. and i very much would like, and we would very much welcome, we ve repeatedly said this, working with those countries on the ground because we believe, as you noted, that they would have a distinctive advantage in a ground fight. with respect to the europeans, the europeans have, generally speaking, offered to do more within their capabilities and capacities. i will note here and this is ....