Services Committee Members will have on today were joined by congressman Anthony Brown democrat from maryland also a retired colonel in u. S. Army reserve the ploy to iraq. I want to start with sears and a to the president s remarks yesterday aboutar the quote great out, that he achieved in syria. His remarks were remarkable in terms of sort of creating this phantom victory of accomplishment where its really anything but. I rarely agree with Mitch Mcconnell but i think here i will certainly adopt his characterization, which is this is been a great strategic mistake on the part of President Trump withdrawing troops, u. S. Troops, a small footprint from northern syria. And it leaves a lot of Unanswered Questions and increase risk for america, isis, the possible reemergence of isis. Isis. Yesterday we did note po hear mh about how were going to counter that. We didnt hear anything yesterday about what steps will be taken to prevent ethnic cleansing as turkey has promised to return press u
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Around 60,000 people have been forced from their homes in North Eastern syria, on the second day of a major air and ground assault by turkish forces. Thereve been several civilian deaths. Turkeys president claims at least a hundred kurdish fighters have been killed. They are long time American Allies in the fight against the extremist group, the so called Islamic State, but the turks regard them as terrorists. Turkey is trying to push back the kurds and seize land just inside the syrian border, to create what it calls a safe zone to resettle some of the millions of Syrian Refugees who sought shelter in turkey during eight years of war. Our International Correspondent 0rla guerin sent this from near the border. She has just lost one of her legs in an attack that killed her 12 year old brother. Sara is one of many casualties in hospitals in the kurdish town of qamishli today. Victims of a new chapter in an old war. Her uncle mohammed told the bbc there was no military base nearby. The mi
Moments in fact the belgium ambassador to the u. N. Belgium is currently one of the countries of the Security Council in fact the e. U. Countries on the Security Council of france the u. K. Germany belgium and poland has said that those e. U. Members what they call the e. U. 5 will be requesting a Security Council meeting on the Current Situation in Northern Syria now from what i understand from other diplomats who have been in touch with by text and whatsapp no actual formal request has yet been made to the presidency of the Security Council thats currently held by south africa i believe thats because there are discussions going on among the e. U. Members and possibly other Security Council members on what format this meeting should take and exactly when it will take place with some discussion it could take place in a matter of hours i also being told it might be more likely to take place here on thursday im also told that certainly some e. U. Nations favor the idea of doing this as a
Around 60,000 people have been forced from their homes in North Eastern syria, on the second day of a major air and ground assault by turkish forces. Thereve been several civilian deaths. Turkeys president claims at least a hundred kurdish fighters have been killed. They are long time American Allies in the fight against the extremist group, the so called Islamic State, but the turks regard them as terrorists. Turkey is trying to push back the kurds and seize land just inside the syrian border, to create what it calls a safe zone to resettle some of the millions of Syrian Refugees who sought shelter in turkey during eight years of war. Our International Correspondent 0rla guerin sent this from near the border. Turkey says its creating a safe zone in syria but take a look at 5 year old sara. Shes just lost one of her legs in a rocket attack that killed her 12 year old brother. Sara is one of many casualties in hospitals in the kurdish town of qamishli today. Victims of a new chapter in