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Syria’s Kurds face ISIS threat, US indifference as Turkey destroys critical infrastructure

Turkish strikes have left hundreds of thousands without water and electricity, as well as undermining security at prisons and detention centers where tens of thousands of Islamic State fighters and their families are being held.

Islamic state women outside a Hawala money transfer shop at Roj camp in northeastern Syria, April 9, 2024.
Islamic State women stand outside of a hawala money transfer shop at Roj camp in northeastern Syria, April 8, 2024. — Amberin Zaman/Al-Monitor

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