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The American army is busy stopping ISIS in Syria. ISIS captured large areas in Syria in 2014.
America attacked the targets of terrorist groups associated with ISIS and Al Qaeda in Syria. 37 terrorists have been killed in this. The US military said on Sunday that they carried out operations in Syria on two separate days.
According to the US Central Command, on September 16, an airstrike was conducted on an ISIS training center in central Syria. 28 terrorists were killed in this. After this, the US Army attacked North-Western Syria on September 24, in which 9 terrorists of Al Qaeda group were killed.
According to the US Army, 'Abd-al-Rauf', a top commander of Hurras al-Din associated with the Al Qaeda organization, has been killed in the attack. He supervised military operations in Syria.
The US attacked several Iranian targets in Syria in February.
Why has conflict erupted between ISIS and America in Syria? Syria is a Muslim-majority country, with 74% Sunni and 10% Shia population. According to Voice of America, there was a coup in Syria in February 1966. At that time, Syrian Air Force Commander Hafiz As Assad was also involved in this. After the coup, Hafiz was made the Defense Minister of Syria.
Four years later in 1970, Hafez Assad led another coup and replaced President Salah Hadid. Hafiz Assad eliminated all other parties except Baath Party. He got his opponents killed and selectively put Shia people in power.
Hafiz Assad ruled Syria for nearly 3 decades.
According to the report of Middle East Eye, Hafiz Assad built better relations with Russia. Hafiz supported Iran in the war against Iraq in 1981 and established better relations with Iran. Hafiz Assad died in 2000, after which he was replaced by his son Bashar al-Assad.
Arab Spring reached Syria also, President pressed strictly In the year 2011, anti-government wave started in Arab countries. It reached Syria in March 2011. The majority Sunni population began demonstrating to remove Bashar al-Assad from power. Bashar al-Assad ordered security forces to suppress peaceful protests, but the demonstrations did not stop.
Many Syrian Army soldiers joined the protesters and began a campaign to remove Basad. Angered by this, the Syrian President took out tanks on the streets. Dropped bombs and used chemical weapons on people in their own country.
The Syrian government is accused of attacking its own citizens with chemical weapons.
Organization formed against Syrian government got support from Sunni countries Sunni fighters formed the Free Syrian Army (FRA) to remove President Assad. According to Al Jazeera's report, FRA got the support of many Sunni countries including Saudi Arabia and Qatar. FRA also got support from terrorist organizations like Hamas. They helped the FRA with money and weapons.
Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) fighters from Iraq also reached Syria to remove the Sunni government from Syria. Now the name of ISI was changed to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Civil war broke out in Syria after being engulfed in fighting on different fronts.
Russia and America also entered the Syrian war According to Aljazeera, a few years later, America also entered the Syrian war in the name of defeating ISIS. America deployed 2000 soldiers in Syria. The American army started dropping missiles on ISIS positions.
After being surrounded on several fronts and losing many cities, Bashar al-Assad asked for help from Russia. Russia landed its army in Syria and established its base there. Being a Shia country, Iran was already helping the Syrian government. At the behest of Iran, Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon also came down to support Bashar al-Assad.
Fighting started on many fronts in Syria, Kurds also formed army Fighting was going on from all sides in Syria. A large population of the Kurdish community lives in the north-eastern region of Syria. The Kurds also took advantage of this protest. At the instigation of America, 50 thousand Kurdish fighters together formed the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in October 2015.
SDF started a guerrilla war against the government to create a separate country 'Kurdistan'. Turkey also has a large population of Kurdish community. The Turkish government did not want the Kurdish community to become stronger which would lead to demonstrations in their country too. Therefore, Turkey entered Syria and started targeting the SDF.
Many Kurdish areas in Syria are occupied by Syrian Democratic Forces.
Rebels capture many areas in Syria According to BBC, countries like Russia, America, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, Turkey are supporting each other group in Syria considering their own interests. Most parts of Syria are still controlled by rebels, jihadists and Kurds.
According to United Nations data, more than 3 lakh people have been killed in Syria since 2011. About 7 million people have left Syria and migrated to other countries.
Why are US troops still present in Syria? America had said in 2019 that it would withdraw from Syria and would not support the Kurds. According to BBC report, about 900 American soldiers are still deployed. America says it is fighting against ISIS here. The Assad government alleges that the US Army, with the help of the Kurdish forces, is occupying their oil fields and earning money by selling oil.
Although America denies this. According to BBC report, Syria has reserves of about 2.5 billion barrels of oil. This is quite low compared to other Arab countries but it plays an important role in the country's economy. Many oil wells in Syria are under the control of local Kurdish forces.
