"ISIS is not finished and so that is something that is first and foremost in our conversations about this issue and many others in Syria" adds @brett_mcgurk
"That's a very deep ideological divide" per @brett_mcgurk "That makes the problem harder than just, hey, we have to get the Kurds over the river and everything will be fine"
Ideological divides also playing out in/around Manbij per @brett_mcgurk - inside tending to be more secular while groups outside Manbij tend to be "more Islamist orientation"
"Where we are is a diplomatic process to try to resolve some of the tensions across that demarcation line outside of Manbij" per @brett_mcgurk "It's is incredibly complex"
"We are in regular discussions with the Russia|ns on this" says @brett_mcgurk of Hezbollah presence in SW Syria near Israel Jordan, keeping Hezbollah behind the 'line of contact'
"Our presence is incredibly effective and strong" says @brett_mcgurk of US in Syria "But obviously also focused on the counter ISIS mission"
"The Iran|ians are very effective at exploiting seams in Iraq|i society" warns @brett_mcgurk, emphasizing need for continued, better Iraq-Kurdish relations
"The trajectory is on the side of the Iraq|i security forces" with popular mobilization forces "under the control of the state" per @brett_mcgurk re: militia forces / Iran crescent in Iraq
"I'm not going to make any news" per @brett_mcgurk when asked about @POTUS saying US will be out of Syria "very soon" says US simply undertaking a very important review
The Iraq border - "That is where ISIS still remains," per @brett_mcgurk "We are committed to finishing the campaign against ISIS we're not finished"
"How desperate that situation was, it's really impossible to exaggerate" per Special Presidential Envoy @brett_mcgurk of Iraq ISIS in 2014 "We were dusting off plans to possible evacuate our embassy" FraughtTerrain
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