“Why would ANYONE want to evacuate an Islamic militant any farther than the nearest concrete wall?”
Turkey wants them back.
I was just about to say the same thing. Evacuate them? Why do that when you can kill them more easily.
Fine. Give the bodies back to Turkey coated with pig fat.
“Turkey wants them back.”
Big developments today. Turkey was convoying tanks across the border toward al Bab (North East Suburb of Aleppo), when they can under air attack, killing Turkish soldiers. That is a first, and risks an open war with Turkey.
Turkey may have been/is planning to push through to relieve the rebels in Aleppo, or just to grab al Bab before things settle out. Whatever their purpose, it looks like the Syrian regime and/or its allies have put down their foot, and raised the stakes.