Actor Ben Stiller speaks out on Syria as the US warns of intensifying violence.
Actor Ben Stiller tried to change that on Wednesday.
For those areas liberated from the Islamic State, there are major questions about what comes next as the Trump administration plans to draw down its troop levels and has pulled funding and called for other countries to pay for stabilization projects critical to restoring services and keeping terror groups at bay.
"Given severe underfunding, there is nothing easy about making daily difficult choices, like which programs to downsize or which families won’t receive thermal blankets during a cold, harsh winter," he added. The deeper U.S. cuts have been to stabilization funding -- the projects like rubble removal, de-mining, and restoration of services like running water that the U.S. has said are necessary to restore life to areas freed of ISIS and prevent the rise of a new terror group. Last August, the U.S. cut over $200 million in stabilization, and in this year's budget proposal, the White House wanted to zero out any more funding.
The State Department said yesterday the U.S. is"alarmed by the escalation of violence," which continues"to destabilize the region, exacerbate the dire humanitarian situation, and cause dozens of civilian deaths and injuries -- many of them children."
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