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