Fredspresidenten Trump vägrar finansiera Hopes.N.Dreams kompisar
CBSNews:s journo (State Department reporter for @CBSNews)
https://twitter.com/kylieatwood/status/997611794821734402
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SCOOP: Trump administration has withdrawn all assistance from Northwest Syria -- demonstrates the administration's intent to briskly exit the country once ISIS is fully defeated.
https://www.axios.com/scoop-state-cutting-funding-for-nw-syria-stabilization-programs-1526592970-965b044c-fda3-4445-8967-a 7e61f938102.html
U.S. cutting parts of Syria stabilization funding
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The State Department is cutting funding to stabilization programs in northwest Syria, two State Department officials tell Axios. The decision follows a review undertaken at President Trump's request and was made by "Department leadership in consultation with the interagency," a U.S. official told Axios.
"stabilization" programs LOL...
Sedan förklarar man att det bland annat betyder:
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The U.S. will refocus its stabilization efforts in areas liberated from ISIS, and shift resources to its efforts to defeat ISIS in northeast Syria, per one official.
The impact: Things could get more dangerous in northwest Syria, Dalton said.
For Assad, Iran, and Russia: “Some amount of U.S. support to actors in that region arguably has served as a bit of a deterrent to Assad,” Dalton said. It “will also send a signal to Assad and his backers that they can likely go ahead and attack,” per Dalton.
For terrorists: It “makes it that much easier for more well-funded violent extremist groups,” to become more powerful in northwest Syria, according to Dalton.
For refugees: The Europeans who have a stake in Syria will likely be affected, too, potentially "because of spillover" of refugees, Dalton said. "You’re likely going to get another pulsation of refugees as a result of that conflict pushing out of that area."
Man sänder alltså en signal till Ryssland och Assad att de alltså får ta kål på s.k. "rebeller"