'US should not abandon the region because it is an humanitarian issue'

Pressure is also growing on the SDF-run ISIS camps from Washington as Donald Trump has cut foreign aid, making it harder for Kurdish authorities to provide food, pay guards and ensure security.

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There has also been talk that US troops may be withdrawn. In February, a month after President Trump took office, the Pentagon began drawing up plans for removing US troops from North East Syria but they appear to have stalled.