Don’t believe anything you read about that “war.”
” IS” cleared out of. there before the Turkish invasion
The Turks target was the YPG Kurds that the U.S. in propping uo as a “ democratic” anti Assad rebel group. Our goal is to further the destabilization of SYRIA. By whatever means.
Problem is the YPG expects to get its own Kurdistan out of this and neither Erdigan NOR Assad wants that. so the Kurds are getting played and Russia in picking off Turkey as another “ fiormer” US ally
The Iranians have a large bounty out for capture of Americans so this is going to end in disaster for some poor order- obeying American troops illegally inserted into Syria