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June 18, 2024
Patel. We appreciate your time and hope to see you in a half hour. Tonight, Breaking News. After President Trump suddenly pulled u. S. Troops from a key part of syria, turkey now launching its offensive tonight on u. S. Allies, the kurds. The military assault now under way. Air strikes from turkey. The kurds, who had helped the u. S. In the fight against isis, now targeted themselves. And what about the prisons Holding Thousands of isis fighters secured by the kurds . Tonight, abc news has learn...
October 12, 2019
From the region in syria. the trump administration who received criticism from both sides of the aisle for this move is now threatening sanctions on turkey. secretary of state mike pompeo saying that the state department is currently working to stop their attacks. >> today even as i sit here, our state department teams are on the ground working to convince president erdogan in turkey that the invasion is not appropriate. as the president said, its a bad thing. were using every tool to convince t...
October 12, 2019
Region in syria. the trump administration, who received criticism from both sides of the aisle, for this move, is now threatening sanctions on turkey, secretary of state mike pompeo is saying that the state department is currently working to stop their attacks. >> today, even as i said, our team, state department teams are on the ground working to convince president erdogan and turkey that the invasion is not appropriate, that it is, as the president said, it is a bad thing. were using every eco...
October 10, 2019
After a phone call with turkeys president, turkey is now hpeth g the very u.s. allies, fight isis. turkeys military first launching air strikes on kurdish targets. and tonight, there are reports that civilian targets have been struck, as well. civilians now trying to flee to safer ground. officials there are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe tonight. and its those u.s. kurdish allies who are guarding thousands of isis prisoners in syria. and abc news learning tonight that many have already l...
October 9, 2019
U.s. troops who had promised the kurds they would keep stability by patrolling the border with turkey. u.s. military commanders. those troops would be overrun. the turks began shelling to cope kurdish encampments last night, and kurdish fighters who had been guarding thousands of captured isis fighters and their families have been ordered to prepare to fight the turkish military. isis fighters have been seen moving toward the prison camps in eastern syria, preparing to free those hardened fighte...
October 9, 2019
If the president does so, we wont. >> david: hes not right and hes not wrong. he is the problem, hes not recognizing the situation for what it is. heres the coalition that exist there. you have turkey that is a nato ally, see you have to deal with that issue and the administration has to do without. >> melissa: they dont behave like a nato ally. >> david: ive been one of the fiercest tricks of turkey, but we have to recognize that this is a deal with the situation ast exists. lindsey graham has ...
October 9, 2019
>> defense secretary mark esper and general millie were both on the phone call with the president when he signaled the u.s. was pulling out. the pentagon was left no choice but to pull back those 30 to 50 u.s. troops who had promised the kurds they would keep stability by patrolling the border with turkey so the kurdish forces could pull back. but after seeing signs that turkey was preparing a large military incursion and president trump failed to deter the turkish leader u.s. military commander...
October 8, 2019
The turkish/syrian border and it appears the turks are not paying attention to trump who did something of a pedaling back by saying listen if you hit the kurds too hard, your economy will pay a very dear price and the turks responding by saying we will not bow down to any threats and are determined to go ahead. >> and president trump tried to defend his position but it didnt seem like even his closest allies are convinced it is the right move. >> it is interesting. it doesnt matter who you talk ...
October 7, 2019
And russia to exert their influence in the area. but theres an even bigger nightmare scenario, if you can believe it. u.s. military officials are deeply worried this morning that more of these kurdish fighters who right now are guarding thousands, thousands of isis detainees, they will leave their positions to go north to fight the turks and isis may be back out on the street. john, bianna? >> its important to note that turkey does view these kurdish fighters as terrorists. the united states a...