{"id":48553,"date":"2022-12-02T22:46:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T22:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/02\/us-military-halts-patrols-against-islamic-state-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:15:34","slug":"us-military-halts-patrols-against-islamic-state-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/02\/us-military-halts-patrols-against-islamic-state-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"US military halts patrols against Islamic State in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces have stopped joint military patrols in northern Syria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/06\/us-raid-in-syria-kills-islamic-state-weapons-smuggler\/\" target=\"_blank\">to counter Islamic State extremists<\/a>, as Turkish threats of a ground invasion stymie those missions with Kurdish forces. Other more limited security patrols by U.S. and Kurdish troops, particularly around prisons, will begin again on Saturday, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Central Command on Friday said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/04\/07\/attack-in-east-syria-injures-2-us-led-coalition-members\/\" target=\"_blank\">American troops<\/a> have paused all of the joint operations with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces against IS in Syria. The Pentagon had said Thursday they were ongoing but reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe SDF continues to conduct patrols and maintain security at the al-Hol displaced persons camp and the detention facilities, prisons,\u201d said Army Col. Joe Buccino, the Central Command spokesman. \u201cISIS remains a threat to regional security and stability. We remain committed to the enduring defeat of ISIS and look forward to the resumption of operations against ISIS in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council, told reporters Friday that, as in the past, when there are Turkish operations in northern Syria, it has had an impact on the counter-ISIS operations as SDF forces concentrate on defending themselves in northern Syria. The U.S. said the SDF\u2019s decision to pause its missions against the Islamic State group triggered the U.S. decision to do so as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Kurdish military official said the other partnered patrols will begin Saturday in the border area. The U.S. said those patrols are not to counter the Islamic State militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kurdish official, who was not authorized to provide an official statement and spoke on condition of anonymity, said a state of calm prevailed along the border area after U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin informed his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar on Wednesday that Washington strongly opposes Turkey\u2019s launch of a military operation in northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/09\/19\/us-troops-in-syria-face-another-rocket-attack-no-injuries-reported\/\" target=\"_blank\">barrage of airstrikes<\/a> on suspected militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq in recent days, in retaliation for a deadly Nov. 13 bombing in Istanbul that Ankara blames on the Kurdish groups. Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also threatened a ground incursion, without specifying when it would be launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No U.S. forces or personnel have been hit by any of the strikes. But on Nov. 26, the U.S. military said two rockets targeted U.S.-led coalition forces at bases in the northeastern Syrian town of Shaddadeh. There were no injuries or damage to the base. There are roughly 900 U.S. troops in Syria, including in the north and farther south and east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria2.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,158 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,538 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fighters affiliated with the Turkish-backed &#8220;Syrian National Army&#8221; man a position near Azaz in the rebel-held north of the Aleppo province, along the frontlines with areas under control by Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces on Nov. 29. (Aaref Watad\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the SDF, told reporters that counter-IS operations had been \u201ctemporarily paused\u201d because of the recent Turkish airstrikes, and that gains made in the fight against the extremist group may be \u201cthreatened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Ryder said the missions had been continuing, although they were more limited because of the SDF\u2019s request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin spoke by phone with Turkish Minister of National Defense Akar on Wednesday, relaying the department\u2019s strong opposition to any potential ground invasion in northern Syria, said Ryder. He declined to detail Akar\u2019s response to the U.S. concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe focus here is, from the United States standpoint, on ensuring that terrorist organizations like ISIS cannot reconstitute,\u201d Ryder told reporters Thursday. He said there has been progress on that since the group emerged in 2014 \u2014 which is when the extremists took over large swaths of Iraq and Syria. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to see that progress be wasted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Hogir Al Abdo in Qamishli, Syria, and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish threats of a ground invasion have stymied the missions with Kurdish forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":86708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,8,23,89,26],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1354],"class_list":["post-48553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-home","category-middle-column","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"XO3OQXXWPVGSVCZRB3VVDFPKVE","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/02\/us-military-halts-patrols-against-islamic-state-in-syria\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US military halts patrols against Islamic State in Syria - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Turkish threats of a ground invasion have stymied the missions with Kurdish forces.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US military halts patrols against Islamic State in Syria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Turkish threats of a ground invasion have stymied the missions with Kurdish forces.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/02\/us-military-halts-patrols-against-islamic-state-in-syria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-02T22:46:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T04:15:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lolita C. 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