The Latest on White House national security adviser John Bolton's Mideast trip (all times local):7:10 p.m.Russian military police have started patrolling the surroundings of the northern Syrian Kurdish-held town of Manbij. The area near Manbij was previously occupied by U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces, who were forced to appeal to Syria and Russia amid fears of a Turkish attack. ———11:45 a.m.U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has met with senior Turkish officials in Ankara to discuss the fate of Syria's Kurds. One day after White House national security adviser John Bolton announced the U.S. pullout would not be as immediate as Trump had initially declared, U.S. allies on Monday sought clarification from American diplomats. He arrived Monday in Turkey to seek those guarantees from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but there was little reason for optimism.

Source: ABC News January 08, 2019 08:54 UTC