{"id":67933,"date":"2019-10-21T21:19:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T21:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/21\/brett-mcgurk-warns-that-isis-threats-are-likely-to-reemerge\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:10:56","slug":"brett-mcgurk-warns-that-isis-threats-are-likely-to-reemerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/21\/brett-mcgurk-warns-that-isis-threats-are-likely-to-reemerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett McGurk warns that ISIS threats are likely to reemerge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preserving the Syrian Democratic Forces is key to preventing an Islamic State resurgence after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, according to the former special envoy to the counter-ISIS coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Brett McGurk, who resigned from his State Department post in December, says the U.S. is increasingly losing its grasp on keeping the Kurdish-led SDF together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the ability of the United States to hold the SDF intact, which is critical to mitigating the risk of an ISIS resurgence, is draining by the day,\u201d McGurk said at an event Monday hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the threats at this stage, there\u2019s a very high risk that they\u2019ll reemerge,\u201d McGurk said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDF is composed of Syrian Kurds, Arabs, and other ethnic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGurk, who President Barack Obama appointed as the special envoy to the counter-ISIS coalition in 2015, resigned in December 2018 after President Donald Trump announced that ISIS had been defeated and that all troops would return home. The announcement sparked backlash and also was a factor in former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis\u2019 resignation last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although not all troops were withdrawn following Trump\u2019s December announcement, he announced earlier this month that U.S. troops would be pulled from northern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision essentially paved the way for Turkey to launch an operation in the region against the Kurds, who have fought alongside the U.S. to combat the Islamic State. However, Turkey views Kurds with the Syrian Democratic Forces as a branch of a designated terrorist organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen this movie before. It\u2019s like the second version of the movie, it\u2019s worse than the first,\u201d McGurk said. \u201cWe\u2019re now going to keep a small presence somewhere, but we\u2019ve already abandoned most of our positions \u2014 we\u2019re giving them to the Russians, we\u2019re bombing them as we leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two U.S. F-15E fighter jets conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/2019\/10\/17\/us-airstrikes-destroy-ammo-left-behind-in-syria\/\">airstrikes on Wednesday<\/a> to wipe out ammunition remaining from U.S. troops exiting Syria. U.S. Army Col. 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