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The Wall Street Journal | US troops leaving Syria will be assigned to Iraq, Defense Chief says
All of the roughly 1,000 U.S. troops ordered to leave northeastern Syria will move to western Iraq and will conduct U.S. operations against the Islamic State extremist group from there, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.
Mr. Esper spoke to reporters en route to Afghanistan, where he landed Sunday at the start of a trip to the Middle East and Europe that comes in the midst of an international furor over President Trump’s order withdrawing U.S. military forces from northeastern Syria. |
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