Syria and American officials stated that the president’s order to stop foreign aid threaten to freeze a US program that supports security forces in the infamous camps in the Syrian desert.
The order also brought confusion to another US organization in Syria. This had to temporarily suspend the strategy in the camp, known as Alhol, which is considered a security threat of the large -scale concentration of ISIS members.
Concerns about ISIS’s comeback are increasing. Syria is in a flux state to still try to solidify the rules of a fragmented country after the rebel -leading leader, Bashar Al Assado, and then trying to solidify fragmented countries.
The Trump administration has argued that funding needs to freeze for 90 days so that US funds are not wasted. However, the impact is also important to prevent the resurrection of ISIS, a Jihadist group, which once controlled the vast band of Syria and Iraq and started a fatal attack in the United States and the United States. We emphasize the risk of being taken. International Union.
The U.S. Army still maintains existence in northeastern Syria and supports the Kurdish -led Syrian Democratic Army in the fight against Isis. The SDF not only controls the northeastern Syrian, but also controls the ISIS fighter and the territorial prison and the constellations of the territory that holds their families.
“Al Hol Camp is full of ISIS remnants,” said Jehan Hannan, a camp director and local government official. “Our prisons are full of ISIS fighters. They have a big threat to the people in this area. We were the people who fought at the forefront of ISIS. We are America. They should be with us until we can keep them with.
Western security authorities have expressed concern that the deterioration of control to camping and prison can promote the resurrection of the region and subsequent ISIS.
Last Monday of Trump’s command, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued an order to stop all foreign assistance. The order has stopped the business by Prokimity International, a US contractor. It acts as a police and manages programs that train and equip thousands of Syrians to provide vehicles and equipment.
One of the most important roles of the company is to provide security in the Alfol camp, which contains about 39,000 ISIS members, their families, and refugees. This camp, mainly occupied by Iraqi and Syrians, includes 42 other foreign foreigners.
“It has a big impact on us,” Hanan said about the suspension of proximity. “They have supported internal security. They provided what they needed to camp gate (necessary technical equipment, security cameras).
AL ROJ, a small camp, is considered an important part of the resurrection of ISIS. Camps are considered an important target for adoption and operation of ISIS.
According to Hanan and two programs on the condition of anonymous, the close international contract to support security forces ends on Friday. Also, because you are ordered to stop the work, you cannot sign a new contract with the army. The company said that he had applied for an exemption, but said he had not yet been answered on Thursday.
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Local officials may not only do such freezing, but also impair the relationship between Washington and the local Kurdish allies before the Trump administration determines a strategy for Syria and ISIS. I warned.
In addition to the confusion of delicate programs, the Trump administration is clearly reversed by the instructions to stop the federal funding. Two US contractors, influenced by Al Hol, said that this movement did not seem to reverse the frozen, but had already added another confusion in an uncertain situation.
US Department of State Defended This week, foreign assistance has been frozen and encouraged the organization to provide thorough accounting and justification of funding in the United States in foreign projects.
Stopwork orders temporarily stopped working at two camps, a non -profit organization based in Virginia last Saturday, and exposed the possibility of confusion.
BLUMONT, a non -profit organization, processes camps, electricity and toilets, and hires security guards in the camp warehouse and supply center. It is also useful for managing delivery of home country. Reducing the number of camping residents is considered important to reduce the possibility of ISIS exploitation.
The aid group will soon be ready when Brumont was ordered to stop operations at 1:00 am on Saturday, and when she and the organization were set to help remit dozens of families to Iraq, The security guard was withdrawn, and the distribution of bread and fuel was stopped.
She said that the SDF unit rushed to fill the security gap, but Blumont workers scrambled to extend their resources to cover the needs of the residents.
According to Blumont employees and U.S. Senior military officials anonymously, the company was exempted from the beginning of this week, while the US administrative officials are considering support, and the camp is security. I received humanitarian support. They were not allowed to discuss the problem.
However, Hanan said that the delay in bread distribution was very angry with the residents of the camp, and he feared that it could cause violence.
“People have begun to open the gate and release them,” she said. “You can handle a day or two, but you can’t do it after that? What will happen in the camp? What can you do among the residents? We can attack us. Do you have all the way to get out of the camp?
It is unknown what will happen when the exemption has expired. Blumont representatives stated that humanitarian groups will provide assistance in different ways and continue to provide important services in the camp, saying, “We will follow the additional guidance when we receive it.” I did it.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of State stated, “Temporary suspensions with common sense exemption for truly life -threatening situations are the only way to scrutinize and prevent waste.” 。
US fiscal support generally supports humanitarian, development, and security programs and accounts for less than 1 % of the government budget.
Hannan warned that the camp was important for the area. “Isis is still here,” she said. “This is not over.”
Eric Schmidt Contributed report.
