US will remain in eastern Syria and seek to prevent IS resurgence, Pentagon says

MANAMA, Bahrain (Reuters) —The United States volition support its beingness successful eastbound Syria and volition instrumentality measures indispensable to forestall a resurgence of Islamic State, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Daniel Shapiro said connected Sunday.

Speaking hours aft Syrian rebels announced they had toppled Bashar al-Assad's government, Shapiro called connected each parties to support civilians, peculiarly minorities, and to respect planetary norms.

"We are alert that the chaotic and dynamic circumstances connected the crushed successful Syria could springiness ISIS abstraction to find the quality to go active, to program outer operations, and we're determined to enactment with those partners to proceed to degrade their capabilities," helium told the Manama Dialogue information league successful Bahrain's capital.

"(We're determined) to guarantee (Islamic State's) enduring defeat, to guarantee the unafraid detention of ISIS fighters and the repatriation of displaced persons," Shapiro added.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which spearheaded the rebel advances crossed occidental Syria, was formerly an al Qaeda affiliate known arsenic the Nusra Front until its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, severed ties with the planetary jihadist question successful 2016.

Western governments, which person shunned the Assad-led authorities for years, indispensable determine however to woody with a caller medication successful which HTS looks acceptable to person influence. HTS is simply a globally designated violent group.