As hundreds of US troops stay in Syria, Trump insists no U-turn 25 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PressePresident Donald Trump insisted Friday he was not pulling an about-face on his Syria withdrawal plans after it was announced hundreds of US troops would remain in the war-torn country. Trump, an avid Fox viewer, said he watched Graham and supported leaving “a small force with others. Graham claimed “thousands of Europeans” had been killed by IS fighters coming from Syria into Europe. Akar, the Turkish minister, said Ankara did not have a problem with the Kurds in Syria, only with the armed US-backed Kurdish fighters there.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 23, 2019 02:51 UTC