Pentagon Spy Agency Finds Trump’s Syria Pullout Aided ISIS
- Turkish offensive gave Islamic State room to rebuild: report
- Terrorist group ‘postured to withstand’ death of al-Baghdadi
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Turkey’s military offensive in northern Syria following Donald Trump’s order for U.S. forces to pull back aided Islamic State and damaged ties with Kurdish-led militias, according to a new assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The DIA’s assessment, part of a quarterly report, concluded that Islamic State “exploited the Turkish incursion and subsequent drawdown of U.S. troops to reconstitute capabilities and resources within Syria and strengthen its ability to plan attacks abroad.” The report was released Tuesday by the Pentagon’s inspector general.