ARTHEL: PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERING
ALL U.S. TROOPS, ROUGHLY A
THOUSAND TO WITHDRAW FROM THEIR
POSITIONS IN NORTHERN SYRIA AS
TURKEY PRESSES AHEAD WITH
MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST
KURDISH FIGHTERS THERE,
MEANWHILE TURKEY'S OFFENSES HAS
LED OFF CLASH THAT IS SYRIAN
OFFICIALS SAY SO FAR HAS LET
HUNDREDS OF ISIS PRISONERS
ESCAPED FROM COALITION BASE.
TREY YNGST WITH ALL DETAILS.
TREY.
>> MUCH OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WE
CAN'T SHOW YOU, THE IMAGES ARE
TOO GRAPHIC BUT THERE'S EVIDENCE
TODAY OF WAR CRIMES BEING
COMMITTED, CIVILIANS BEING
TARGETED AND ISIS PRISONERS
ESCAPING, ALL OF THIS AFTER THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MADE A
DECISION TO WITHDRAW A GROUP OF
AMERICAN FORCES MEANT TO DETER
SUCH AN INVASION FROM OCCURRING,
TODAY THE U.S. SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE MARKED FULL U.S.
WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTHERN SYRIA
IS UNDERWAY.
>> LAST NIGHT HE DIRECTED THAT
WE BEGIN A WITHDRAWAL OF U.S.
FORCES FROM NORTHERN PART OF
SYRIA.
CHRIS: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT AND HOW QUICKLY
ARE THEY GOING TO MOVE OUT?
>> LESS THAN A THOUSAND, I CAN'T
GIVE YOU A TIMELINE BECAUSE IT
CHANGES HOURLY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED
MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT THE
SITUATION, HE'S DEALING WITH
CONGRESS ABOUT IMPOSING
SANCTIONS ON TURKEY, TURKISH
PRESIDENT ERDOGA INFORMATION
CLAIMS THAT MORE THAN 20 KURDISH
VILLAGES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY
HIS FORCES, AS TURKISH AIR
STRIKES CONSIDER TO COME --
BOMBARD KURDISH TOWNS.
SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES SAYS
ISIS FIGHTERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
HAVE ESCAPED AND AT LEAST 40
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ARE BEING
REPORTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THE OPERATION ON THE SYRIAN SIDE
AS WELL AS 18 ON THE TURKISH
SIDE.
THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS 100,000
CIVILIANS IN SYRIA HAVE ACTUALLY
FLED AMID THE NEW ROUND OF
VIOLENCE SINCE IT BEGAN JUST
LAST WEEK, TO GIVE YOU A BETTER
IDEA OF WHAT IS UNFOLDING ON THE
GROUND, TURKISH FORCES HAVE
TAKEN OVER A NUMBER OF KEY ROADS
IN THE AREA, ON ONE OCCASION
PROMINENT KURDISH POLITICIAN
STOPPED AND REPORTEDLY DRAGGED
ON THE VEHICLE AND EXECUTED ON
THE SPOT, WORST OF HUMANITY IS
UNFOLDING TODAY IN SYRIA AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETS, CONGRESS