Patrick Skinner Quoted on VOA: US Hails Swift Turkish Takeover of IS Border Town, but Questions Linger

August 26, 2016

US Hails Swift Turkish Takeover of IS Border Town, but Questions Linger

Voice of America
By: Jeff Seldin

The victory in Jarablus was as stunning as it was swift.

Less than 10 hours after Turkish tanks first crossed the border to meet up with Syrian rebels Wednesday, social media was full of selfies and videos showing the joint force in charge of a ghost town…

“ISIS certainly benefits from Turkish-Kurdish fighting,” said Patrick Skinner, another former intelligence officer.

But Skinner, now with The Soufan Group, a provider of strategic security intelligence services, thinks that even if the terror group is able to buy time and space to regroup, it will not be able to make up for the loss of such a strategic hub…

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