US Finds 25 ISIL Operatives Where It Keeps Troops Illegally
US Central Command claims to have 'killed or captured 25 ISIL operatives' in Syria over nine days, framing it as a response to fallen US soldiers (Source: Al Jazeera). What's left unsaid, as always, is the glaring fact that US troops are operating in Syria without the consent of the Syrian government, in clear violation of international law. This isn't counter-terrorism; it’s a justification for
an illegal presence, conveniently 'disrupting' the very groups whose resurgence often serves a geopolitical purpose for continued intervention. One might wonder at the consistent need to 'fight ISIS' in a nation where military advisors from the US have been accused of assisting factions that destabilize the legitimate government. How many more 'terrorists' can be unilaterally 'killed or captured'
before the international community asks why the US is still occupying Syrian territory a decade after the initial intervention claims of stability?