Trump Releases $50 Million in Aid to Syria After U.S. Troop Withdrawal
Source: The Daily Beast
President Trump has released $50 million in aid to Syria to protect persecuted ethnic and religious minorities, and advance human rights, according a statement issued by the White House on Saturday. This funding will provide emergency financial assistance to Syrian human rights defenders, civil society organizations, and reconciliation efforts directly supporting ethnic and religious minority victims of the conflict, reads the statement, issued just days after Trump withdrew American troops from northern Syria, leaving Kurdish allies in the region unprotected from an incoming Turkish attack. The withdrawal has reportedly put U.S. troops stationed in Syria in a holding pattern, leaving the Kurds to defend themselves against Turkey, a NATO member, and manage thousands of captured ISIS fighters. We hope regional and international partners will continue their contributions as well, reads the Saturday statement. Ensuring the freedom and safety of ethnic and religious minorities remains a top priority for this Administration.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-releases-dollar50-million-in-aid-to-syria-after-us-troop-withdrawal
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"Ensuring the freedom and safety of ethnic and religious minorities remains a top priority for this Administration." FFS
Afromania
(2,764 posts)We're going to have to go to war to protect them after what this fuck did aren't we? There isn't a jail big enough to hold all the people who do, and will, have blood on their hands behind this bullshit.
oldsoftie
(12,376 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,305 posts)The same Syrian gov't that our ex-allies were fighting against?
The same Syrian gov't that Putin supports?
oldsoftie
(12,376 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,872 posts)Trump is a complete nincompoop and it's costing people their lives and wellbeing
keithbvadu2
(36,305 posts)alittlelark
(18,886 posts)in the White House.
Vinca
(50,150 posts)PSPS
(13,484 posts)So, basically, this is $50 million given to putin.
kacekwl
(6,986 posts)POS.
PSPS
(13,484 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(106,789 posts)bluestarone
(16,641 posts)AIDING the ENEMY?