Kurdish officials fear Islamic State revival as US aid cuts loom
Kurdish officials fear Islamic State revival as US aid cuts loom
Humanitarian groups worried north-east Syrian camps holding suspected IS members will lose basic facilities
Summary
Kurdish officials warn that US aid cuts could trigger an Islamic State (IS) resurgence in north-east Syria, where thousands of suspected IS members and families are held in camps.
Blumont, a Virginia-based aid group managing the al-Hol and al-Roj IS detention camps, received a stop-work order on 24 January from the US state department, causing panic when aid workers failed to show up.
The US granted a temporary waiver, but future assistance remains uncertain.
Officials fear worsening conditions could lead to radicalization and IS sleeper cell attacks.
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Lets hope this cut in funding decreases terrorist attacks by the SDF to balance this out.