Single statement by the White House on October 6 was all it took to completely upend a years-long

geopolitical balancing act in Northeast Syria

It said that Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long planned operation into northern Syria

And that the US military will no longer be in the immediate area

Seven days later there was chaos on the ground in Syria

Turkey is attacking US allies

The country's dictator Bashar al-assad is retaking territory and there are major risks of an Isis resurgence

at least

200,000 people have fled their homes

Peers have a situation

deteriorated in just seven days

Sunday October 6th president Trump essentially Greenlight's Turkish president air diwan's planned incursion into northern Syria

As the US says it's pulling troops back the Turks want to take out long-standing Kurdish rivals

But these are the same Kurds who helped America fight Isis

The Kurds say they are being abandoned. We talked by phone to a local reporter

shamelessly Arab saloon in a limousine, Turkey

America

Many Trump critics and allies agree

The curse will now align what I saw because we offended them. Nothing better for Isis Monday, October 7th

United States forces withdraw from several positions in northeastern Syria including Televi odd until our calm

Tuesday, October 8th Turkish convoys and pro Turkish Syrian militias are seen moving toward strategic locations along the border

Wednesday October 9th

The Turkish attack begins air strikes and shelling send people fleeing many head toward the Iraqi border

others seek refuge near US bases

Kurdish forces respond by shelling Turkish territory

Turkish forces and their allied militias then escalate the fighting by beginning ground attacks

Thursday October 10th civilians are caught in the crossfire including children

Hospitals are overwhelmed

Friday October 11th

Kurdish forces struggle to both fend off the incursion and guard facilities holding Isis fighters and their families

Isis which had been gathering new strength claims a car bomb that killed at least one civilian and wounded several others and

Kurdish officials say five Isis members escaped from a nearby prison

That night Turkish artillery fire hits close to known US troops in the area Saturday, October 12

Turkish backed Syrian fighters kill Curtis prisoners

Have reen caliph the head of a Kurdish political party dies in a suspected targeted killing along the main highway

Sunday October 13 a

nearby air strike causes chaos

And I nice of prison hundreds of isis-linked female detainees later escaped the nearby camp according to a local official

The deadliest attack of the week occurs when the Turks strike a convoy

Killing a dozen people including civilians and leaving more than 50 wounded

President Trump announces a full withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria with only a small contingent remaining at one base at the southern border

Left with few options for defending themselves the Kurdish forces formerly allied with the US strike a deal with American foe

President Assad

They exchanged territory for protection against the Turks

so in just one week as the u.s. Retreats from northern Syria a

Dictatorship is back on the rise