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US Deployment To Syria Worth The Risk, Says Top US General After Visit
The nearly eight-year-old US deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top US military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in the country's northeast to meet U.S. troops.
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US Troops Bombed Own Airbase Before Withdrawing From Syria: Report
The US armed forces demolished their own airbase in Al-Hasakah province in northeast Syria before abandoning it and withdrawing troops, Syrian media reported on Sunday.
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US Troop Withdrawal From Syria Will Happen, Says Mike Pompeo
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that a full US troop withdrawal from Syria announced by President Donald Trump last month will go ahead despite widespread criticism.
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The Stark Contrast Between Trump's Trip To Iraq And Obama's 2009 Visit
President Donald Trump made his first visit to a conflict zone as commander in chief this week, visiting troops at Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq on Wednesday. The unannounced journey took place just days after announcing that he planned to remove U.S. troops from Syria and saw his own defense secretary resign in response.
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Trump's Call To Pull Troops From Syria Denounced By Friends, Foes
President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a parting snub to one of his biggest congressional critics, as even his Republican allies laid into administration officials for the White House's surprise announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawing from Syria because, as the president put it on Twitter, Islamic State forces there had been "defe...
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Donald Trump Laments $7 Trillion Spent In Middle East, To Withdraw From Syria "Very Soon"
US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that US forces would pull out of Syria "very soon" and lamented what he said was Washington's waste of $7 trillion in Middle East wars.
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US Needs To Be 'Judicious' About Troop Use In Syria: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he had yet to hear ideas for ending Syria's civil war that would not involve huge numbers of US troops, even after bringing critics of his policy into the White House Situation Room.
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Barack Obama Says Additional US Forces Will Help 'Squeeze' ISIS
President Barack Obama said his decision to send more US special forces to combat ISIS in Iraq is not an indication that the United States is headed for another invasion like the one in 2003 that locked it in a long, violent conflict.
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More US Troops Possible in Syria: Pentagon Chief
More US troops could "absolutely" be deployed to Syria if Washington identifies more "capable local forces" as partners in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in an interview aired Sunday.
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Boots on the Ground: Barack Obama to Send Special Troops to Syria
The United States today announced its first sustained deployment of ground troops to Syria, saying a small special forces team would assist the anti-jihadist fight, as major powers met in Vienna seeking a political solution to the war.
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Obama Weighs Moving US Troops Closer To Front Lines In Syria, Iraq
His advisers' recommendations signal the mounting White House dissatisfaction with progress against the Islamic State.
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US Deployment To Syria Worth The Risk, Says Top US General After Visit
The nearly eight-year-old US deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top US military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in the country's northeast to meet U.S. troops.
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US Troops Bombed Own Airbase Before Withdrawing From Syria: Report
The US armed forces demolished their own airbase in Al-Hasakah province in northeast Syria before abandoning it and withdrawing troops, Syrian media reported on Sunday.
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US Troop Withdrawal From Syria Will Happen, Says Mike Pompeo
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that a full US troop withdrawal from Syria announced by President Donald Trump last month will go ahead despite widespread criticism.
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The Stark Contrast Between Trump's Trip To Iraq And Obama's 2009 Visit
President Donald Trump made his first visit to a conflict zone as commander in chief this week, visiting troops at Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq on Wednesday. The unannounced journey took place just days after announcing that he planned to remove U.S. troops from Syria and saw his own defense secretary resign in response.
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Trump's Call To Pull Troops From Syria Denounced By Friends, Foes
President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a parting snub to one of his biggest congressional critics, as even his Republican allies laid into administration officials for the White House's surprise announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawing from Syria because, as the president put it on Twitter, Islamic State forces there had been "defe...
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Donald Trump Laments $7 Trillion Spent In Middle East, To Withdraw From Syria "Very Soon"
US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that US forces would pull out of Syria "very soon" and lamented what he said was Washington's waste of $7 trillion in Middle East wars.
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US Needs To Be 'Judicious' About Troop Use In Syria: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he had yet to hear ideas for ending Syria's civil war that would not involve huge numbers of US troops, even after bringing critics of his policy into the White House Situation Room.
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Barack Obama Says Additional US Forces Will Help 'Squeeze' ISIS
President Barack Obama said his decision to send more US special forces to combat ISIS in Iraq is not an indication that the United States is headed for another invasion like the one in 2003 that locked it in a long, violent conflict.
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More US Troops Possible in Syria: Pentagon Chief
More US troops could "absolutely" be deployed to Syria if Washington identifies more "capable local forces" as partners in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in an interview aired Sunday.
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Boots on the Ground: Barack Obama to Send Special Troops to Syria
The United States today announced its first sustained deployment of ground troops to Syria, saying a small special forces team would assist the anti-jihadist fight, as major powers met in Vienna seeking a political solution to the war.
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Obama Weighs Moving US Troops Closer To Front Lines In Syria, Iraq
His advisers' recommendations signal the mounting White House dissatisfaction with progress against the Islamic State.
