Will US forces be put in jeopardy if the Syrian government collapses?

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, warned Friday on social media that the US government needs to ensure ISIS prisoners detained in northeast Syria are not set free and that US troops in the country have the support they need. “If there is a further collapse of the Syrian government, I fear that U.S. forces could be put in jeopardy.

Does the US have a relationship with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces?

The US has long partnered with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces for anti-ISIS operations in Syria. The SDF has maintained contact with the rebel group known as HTS, the US official said, but the US does not communicate with HTS because it is considered a terrorist organization.

Is Syria a terrorist organization?

Mr. Blinken said it was essential for Syria’s new government, led by a Sunni Islamist group that the United States and others have called a terrorist organization, to respect basic principles of human rights, including the protection of minorities, and to ensure that Syria “is not used as a base for terrorism by groups like the Islamic State.”

Will a new transitional Syrian government build a state?

"A new transitional Syrian administration will soon need to take on the task of state-building, including the rebuilding of a national Syrian security force and a constitution-building process, as the Syrian state has been painfully hallowed out by the Assad regime," Ozcelik said.

Are the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ready to communicate with Damascus?

For years, the de facto autonomous region and its military wing, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, have positioned themselves as an independent party in the Syrian civil war, unaligned with either the Assad regime or the opposition. In recent days, however, they have expressed a readiness to communicate with the new government in Damascus.

Is US military presence in Syria temporary?

He and Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, also delivered a message to Israel on Thursday, saying that its military presence in Syria, where it has taken control of a buffer zone along the Syrian-Israeli border, must be temporary.