US official: We are confident of SDF's ability to protect ISIS detention facilities

A senior administration official said that the United States trusts the SDF's ability to secure and protect all ISIS detention facilities.

US official: We are confident of SDF's ability to protect ISIS detention facilities
13 November, 2019   09:53
NEWS DESK

Washington has no intention of ending its alliance with the SDF, a senior administration official told a conference call ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Erdogan on Wednesday, a move the IAEA considered as standing up to Ankara's demands to end the Washington-SDF alliance.

In another context, the US official said regarding the ability of "SDF" to protect the prisons that harbor ISIS prisoners: "We are very confident of the ability of the SDF to secure all detention facilities in which they hold ISIS mercenaries."

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