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January 19, 2018

Trump Administration Plans "Indefinite" U.S. Troop Presence in Syria
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has announced U.S. troops will remain
indefinitely in Syria.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: "But let us be clear: The United
States will maintain a military presence in Syria focused on ensuring
ISIS cannot re-emerge."

Tillerson said the troops are needed to counter the government of
President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian influence. This comes as the
monitoring group Airwars has revealed as many 6,100 civilians were
killed in U.S.-backed airstrikes in Syria and Iraq last year, three
times higher than the previous year. Meanwhile, tension is rising on the
northern border of Syria as Turkey is preparing for what looks like an
assault in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin.


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