U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that no U.S. troops will take p...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that no U.S. troops will take part in enforcing the so-called safe zone in northern Syria and the United States “is continuing our deliberate withdrawal from northeastern Syria.”
The truce, announced by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Erdogan, sets out a five-day pause to let the Kurdish-led SDF militia pull out of the Turkish “safe zone.” He will be traveling to the Middle East and Brussels in the coming days to discuss issues including the future of counter-Islamic State campaign.
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