Defense Secretary Jim Mattis quit in December over President Trump’s announced immediate withdrawal from Syria, which Trump has since partially reversed. “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency,” he wrote on Twitter. We won.”The Islamic State group is all but defeated in Syria and no longer holds significant territory. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned following the Syria decision and no replacement has been nominated by Trump. Then on Feb. 22, he denied he was “reversing course” in Syria, but said he had agreed that “we can leave a small force along with others .

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2019 20:54 UTC