Top US official quits over Syria
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| US Marine Corps tatical vehicles in Syria's northeastern Hasekeh province. |
A senior American official in the fight against so-called
Islamic State group has quit over President Trump's order to pull troops from
Syria.
By Nathan Morley
Brett McGurk, who acts as the American-appointed envoy to
the global coalition fighting the so-called Islamic State group, has left his
post in protest over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops
from Syria.
Less than two weeks ago, McGurk had said it would be
“reckless” to consider Islamic State defeated and therefore would be unwise to
bring American forces home.
On Thursday, Trump ordered a full, rapid withdrawal of over
2,000 US troops in Syria, declaring victory over the so-called Islamic State.
“We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there
during the Trump Presidency,” he said.
Soon after that statement, the US Defence Secretary James
Mattis resigned.
Separately, a Syrian war monitor is reporting that Turkey is
massing troops near a town in northern Syria held by a U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led
force.
Turkey had said it would delay a promised offensive in Syria
following President Trump's decision to withdraw American troops.
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