{"id":54422,"date":"2017-08-31T18:04:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/31\/bus-convoy-carrying-isis-fighters-hurries-back-into-syria-after-coalition-strike\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:31:41","slug":"bus-convoy-carrying-isis-fighters-hurries-back-into-syria-after-coalition-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/08\/31\/bus-convoy-carrying-isis-fighters-hurries-back-into-syria-after-coalition-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus convoy carrying ISIS fighters to eastern Syria halted after coalition strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A bus convoy carrying several hundred ISIS fighters and their family members toward the town of Abu Kamal in eastern Syria is now hurrying back toward the country\u2019s interior, according to Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of the U.S-led coalition against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retreat developed as coalition warplanes cratered a road to halt the advance of the convoy on Wednesday. Coalition planes also struck several vehicles carrying ISIS fighters that tried to approach the convoy, Townsend said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/08\/30\/us-airstrike-blocks-isis-fighters-evacuated-in-deal-with-lebanon\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1564754jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US airstrike blocks ISIS fighters evacuated in deal with Lebanon<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Coalition warplanes bombed a bridge and cratered a road to block the movement of ISIS fighters that were being evacuated.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The convoy carrying the ISIS fighters is part of an agreement hatched between the Syrian regime, Lebanon and Hezbollah to evacuate the ISIS militants and their families after Lebanon launched an operation to cleanse the Syria-Lebanon border area nearly two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coalition is not part of that agreement and nor is Baghdad, Townsend said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bus convoy carrying innocent civilians was at no time struck by coalition planes, Townsend said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to officials in Baghdad, the coalition will do everything it can within the Laws of Armed Conflict to stop the convoy from moving east towards Abu Kamal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When approached by reporters on Thursday about what those measures would entail, Townsend said: \u201cWe have all kinds of ways. 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