在叙利亚南部针对伊斯兰国的伊拉克部队最近成为美国空袭的目标，并留下一些思考美国保护该组织以确保美国在该地区的军事存在的可能性。
ABU KAMAL, SYRIA – Last Sunday, June 17, local Syrian media reported that the U.S. coalition had bombed Syrian Arab Army installments in the town of Al-Hariri. The bombing killed dozens of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers as well as 22 fighters from the Iraqi paramilitary group known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Sha’abi, PMF), which
看起来，美国和以色列的帮助再次“锁定和装载”来挑战叙利亚政府对其领土的控制，以体现华盛顿长期以来对分裂国家和控制大部分资源的努力。
DEIR EZ-ZOR, SYRIA – In a troubling sign that the Syrian conflict is set to deepen, local Syrian media reported on Sunday that the U.S.-led coalition bombed Syrian Arab Army installments, killing several service members and injuring several more. Members of the Iraqi military were also killed in the attack. The U.S. has officially denied
通过拒绝消除ISIS特遣队，同时也没有阻止战斗人员向西逃亡，自称致力于防止ISIS在世界范围内散布恐怖的反ISIS联盟不仅没有帮助减轻这一后果，而且实际上帮助实现了它。
While President Trump has recently hailed the defeat of ISIS, the group has been able to stave off a complete defeat by retreating to a few, small remaining pockets in Syria. One of these pockets, located east of the Euphrates along Syria’s border with Iraq, is surrounded by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a grouping of Kurdish militias that
