According to CNN, Turkey wanted to resettle an estimated two million Syrian refugees of the over three-and-a-half million who fled the Syrian Civil War to Turkey . The Turkish statement called for the safe zone for refugees to be set up East of the , which is territory controlled by the SDF. Haley in 2018 Former US Ambassador to the United Nations wrote on Twitter, "We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake." McGurk in 2017 , who was Trump's Special Presidential Envoy to the until December, also criticized the decision via Twitter. "The WH statement tonight on Syria after Trump spoke with Erdogan demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of anything happening on the ground. The "United States" is not holding any ISIS detainees. They are all being held by the SDF, which Trump just served up to Turkey." McGurk later wrote, "The SDF suffered thousands of casualties in the Raqqa battle. Not a single American life was lost. Trump later expanded the operation down the ERV. He touts these operations in political rallies but without apparent thought as to who did the fighting and dying."
According to CNN, Turkey has an estimated two million Syrian refugees , down from a peak of over three-and-a-half million at the height of the Syrian Civil War . The Turkish statement called for the safe zone for refugees to be set up East of the , which is territory controlled by the SDF. Haley in 2018 Former US Ambassador to the United Nations wrote on Twitter, "We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake." McGurk in 2017 , who was Trump's Special Presidential Envoy to the until December, also criticized the decision via Twitter. "The WH statement tonight on Syria after Trump spoke with Erdogan demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of anything happening on the ground. The "United States" is not holding any ISIS detainees. They are all being held by the SDF, which Trump just served up to Turkey." McGurk later wrote, "The SDF suffered thousands of casualties in the Raqqa battle. Not a single American life was lost. Trump later expanded the operation down the ERV. He touts these operations in political rallies but without apparent thought as to who did the fighting and dying."
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