How the US Can Stop ISIS Without Setting Foot in Syria
Increasingly difficult to
cover-up or spin, it is becoming apparent even in Western media coverage
that the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) is not sustaining its
fighting capacity from within Iraq or Syria, but rather through supply
lines that lead to and from adjacent nations. These nations include
Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and most obviously, NATO-member Turkey.
cover-up or spin, it is becoming apparent even in Western media coverage
that the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) is not sustaining its
fighting capacity from within Iraq or Syria, but rather through supply
lines that lead to and from adjacent nations. These nations include
Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and most obviously, NATO-member Turkey.
It was in Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW)’s report, “‘IS’ supply channels through Turkey,”
that hundreds of trucks destined for ISIS held territory were
videotaped waiting at Oncupinar, Turkey to cross over into Syria with
apparently no oversight by the Turkish government. Later, TIME magazine would admit ISIS’
dependence on the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, just across the border from
Turkey, for supplies and the significance of its loss to Kurdish
fighters in sustaining their fighting capacity both at the border and
beyond.
that hundreds of trucks destined for ISIS held territory were
videotaped waiting at Oncupinar, Turkey to cross over into Syria with
apparently no oversight by the Turkish government. Later, TIME magazine would admit ISIS’
dependence on the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, just across the border from
Turkey, for supplies and the significance of its loss to Kurdish
fighters in sustaining their fighting capacity both at the border and
beyond.
AP’s June 2015 report, “Kurds move to cut off ISIS supply lines in Syria,” would state:
Syrian
Kurdish fighters closed in on the outskirts of a strategic Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria-held town on the Turkish border Sunday, Kurdish
officials and an activist group said, potentially cutting off a key
supply line for the extremists’ nearby de facto capital.
Taking
Tal Abyad, some 50 miles from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) stronghold of Raqqa, would mean the group wouldn’t have a direct
route to bring in new foreign militants or supplies. The Kurdish
advance, coming under the cover of intense U.S.-led coalition airstrikes
in the area, also would link their two fronts and put even more
pressure on Raqqa as Iraqi forces struggle to contain the group in their
country.