President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says the US military withdrawal from Syria will only happen once the remnants of the Islamic State group are defeated. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says the US military withdrawal from Syria will only happen once the remnants of the Islamic State group are defeated. President Trump announced in mid-December that the US will withdraw all of its 2,000 forces in Syria. He is to deliver a warning to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week. He said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Joseph Dunford would continue negotiations with his Turkish counterparts this week to seek protection for America’s Kurdish allies in Syria.

Source: Irish Independent January 06, 2019 11:19 UTC