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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...

Between turkish and kurdish forces in northern syria. this as we learn the pentagon is planning to deploy tanks and additional troops to the region to protect oil fields from isis. benjamin hall is live from northern syria with a fascinating report for us. >> the big news on ground that everyone is talking about is president trumps decision to send troops and tanks to eastern syria. not was the u.s. was deployed before but of importance and theyll move in to protect it from any possible insurgen...

With the regime moving in, a lot of experts are saying the regime could take over those isis prisons and isis camps. and that could potentially be used as leverage against the west. so there are a lot of moving parts. and nothing in this war zone is black or white. >> indeed. arwa damon, thank you so much for that excellent report from the syrian border. as arwa just said, this is a complicated conflict were witnessing, but president trump considers this between turkey and the u.s. 4forces to be...

We have repeatedly heard. the kurdish forces who are not only at the front lines going after their sleeper cells, going after smaller pockets of terrain they controlled. and protecting the isis prisons and refugee camp that hold the isis wives and widows. they had to pull back their forces from some of those areas to take on the turks. and they effectively said they were suspending their operations against isis. hence these great concerns that isis is an entity that had not been entirely defeate...

And ian, youveepte alongside the kurdish forces on the front lines before, and tonight, youve reported that some kurds are no longer securing those isis prisons as they now try to defend themselves. how are they likely to respond to turkey? >> reporter: well, david, look, the kurds have far less firepower than the turkish military, but they are hugely battle-hardened and highly motivated. so, what we should expect is for them to step aside and allow the turkish military to come in on the ground,...

Making. this move ensures the reemergence of isis. two key points hes making, that youre turning your back on people who fought and host their lives for you in the fight there. number two, as arwa made the point, if the kurds abandon those isis prisons because the turks are coming, what do you do? >> this is the one area where the gop is really willing to break with trump because theres such a fundamental pragmatic idealogical split here. you cannot fight all these battles against various terror...

Or -- >> say were attack? >> no the doubt theyre diplomatic actions happening and military contingencien plays happen and communications between the tushish general staff and pentagon as well between -- turkey and the u.s. state department tone sure that that doesnt happen. but even as or just about as important is reaction of the syrian defense forces. do they and try to hold their ground do they retrograde ifs they do what happens to thousands of isis prisons in the prisons they are guarding w...