Will Withdrawal from Syria Lead to Next 9/11?

via The Cipher Brief

• Terrorism experts have expressed serious concern over how an uncoordinated withdrawal of troops could create fertile ground for terrorist organizations like ISIS and Al Qaeda to regroup. 
• Others are concerned about the opportunities it creates for the government of Bashar al-Assad as well as Russia and Iran, key players in the region. 

“The president has made a decision to withdraw, and withdrawing from Syria, in the face of ISIS still remaining there, is similar to the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan after the Soviet war,” says Dr. Kimberly Kagan, founder of the Institute for the Study of War, a non-partisan, non-profit public policy research organization.   “This is exactly how we got to 9/11, and the president has set us on a course to be out of Syria as ISIS revives its organization and its military capabilities.”

Read Analysis, ‘Will Syria Become a Path to the Next 9/11? here…
 
Cipher Brief Experts weigh in from a number of angles:
 
·     Read ‘Iran’s Uncontested Influence in Syria’ from Cipher Brief Expert Norm Roule…
 
·     Read ‘The Greater Cost of U.S. Absence in Syria’ from Cipher Brief Expert Emile Nakhleh…
 
·     Read ‘Prepare for a Return of ISIS’ from ISW’s Dr. Kimberly Kagan…
 
·     Read ‘How Will Russia Play a U.S. Syria Withdrawal, from  Cipher Brief Expert Steve Hall…
 
·     Read ‘President Trump’s Syria Surprise’ from Cipher Brief Expert Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt…