Defense Secretary Mark Esper told "Face the Nation" in a Sunday interview that the Trump administration is "preparing to evacuate" about 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria "as safely and quickly as possible," CBS reports.
"In the last 24 hours, we learned that [the Turks] likely intend to extend their attack further south than originally planned, and to the west," Esper said. "We also have learned in the last 24 hours that the... SDF are looking to cut a deal, if you will, with the Syrians and the Russians to counterattack against the Turks in the north."
This as President Trump has also announced the US Treasury is "ready to go" with sanctions on Turkey.
This also comes after a week ago Trump ordered the withdrawal of US troops from northern border posts ahead of a Turkish military incursion to establish a so-called 'safe zone'. That decision has been met with fierce push back among Congressional leaders and pundits, angry at the US "betrayal" of its Syrian Kurdish partners, namely the US-funded and trained Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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So,the Russians are going to be involved in an attack on a NATO member and ally of the u.s.? If true then the U.S. will have to send troops to defend turkey,so this story is bullshit because trump isnt that stupid to withdraw troops from Syria only to be drawn back into a much bigger conflict in Syria under the nato agreement.
ReplyDeleteYou best believe it kid. Already has been confirmes officially by the WH.
DeleteAnd now he’s already reversed course and troops will stay.
ReplyDeleteReally?? Turn off CNN. You will get the truth.
Delete928 you people are confused and frightened because of your own buffoonery. Not because of CNN bias. The troop withdrawal announcement came right from POTUS office
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