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US does not know where ISIS escapees are, says Syria envoy
By: Joe Gould   October 23
WASHINGTON ― U.S. special envoy for Syria and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Jim Jeffrey, said Tuesday that more than 100 Islamic State prisoners have escaped to parts unknown.
“[T]he number is now over 100. We do not know where they are,†Jeffrey said, amid questions from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. Jeffrey hastily added that the prisons guarded by America’s Kurdish partners, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, are still under guard, the U.S. is monitoring them and that the prisons remain a top priority.
Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria "has scrambled the entire northeast, undercut our efforts against ISIS, and brought in the Russians and Syrian regime forces in a way that’s really tragic for everyone involved,†Jeffrey said.
He acknowledged that President Donald Trump was aware the decision to pull U.S. troops from northeastern Syria would mean the U.S. “would have less ability†to work with the SDF against the remnants of ISIS. He later said he was heartened by Trump’s decision not to withdraw all troops.
“We obviously had troops there, the mission was defeating ISIS, so if you remove those troops before that mission is complete, you have a problem―and we do have a problem right now,†Jeffrey said. “We are working our way through it right now, we are looking at various options for working with the SDF, what kind of military coalition presence will be in the northeast.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/10/23/us-does-not-know-where-isis-escapees-are-says-syria-envoy/But if Trump is able to convince Americans that there is no threat here in America "its winning".