The Pentagon reveals the handover of five locations to the Iraqi forces and warns of a dangerous matter
The Pentagon reveals the handover of five locations to the Iraqi forces and warns of a dangerous matter
05/25 2020 10:03:01
International: The Euphrates News. The Pentagon’s Inspector General revealed today, Monday, the handover of five international sites led by the United States to Iraqi forces.
The Pentagon inspector said in a new report that “the international coalition forces to fight ISIS and the Solid Torque Division handed over five military bases to the Iraqi forces, which include an airport in Mosul and a military strategic center near the Iraqi-Syrian border known as the existing.”
The inspector attributed the reason for this measure to “increasing tensions between the United States of America and Iran, and attacking a number of American and coalition forces’ positions after the American strike that led to the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s National Guard, in early January.” .
The report states that ”
He pointed out that the important “solid resolve” operations led by the United States to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, confirmed in many news statements that the transfers were planned long ago in basic transfers, and were the result of successful strikes against ISIS. ”
But in a report The last inspector general, the coalition acknowledged that al-Qaeda’s relocations, although planned for a long time earlier, were accelerated,
and the Defense Ministry’s inspector general stressed that “the threats required a change in focus from (ISIS’s) defeat to imposing protection on military bases.”
The report noted Until the coalition teams stopped the interaction For face to face with its Iraqi partners, ground travel to some locations has stopped due to the spread of “Covid 19″ disease.
He acknowledged that the new Corona virus caused the disruption of the Iraqi and Syrian partner forces, as Iraqi forces stopped training, while the Syrian Democratic Forces stopped their operations against ISIS militants due to the epidemic.
The report warned that more than 10,000 ISIS fighters could escape from the prisons of the US military allies in Syria.
He pointed out that the SDF is currently holding about two thousand foreign fighters from ISIS and about 8,000 Iraqi and Syrian fighters in 20 detention centers, and there is a risk of a mass escape.
According to the Inspector General’s report, ISIS has approximately 14,000 to 18,000 followers in Syria and Iraq.
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