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  • McConnell introduces resolution opposing US withdrawal from Syria

    10/22/2019 1:48:08 PM PDT · by rintintin · 43 replies
    CNN ^ | Oct 22 2019 | Alex Rogers and Ted Barrett
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republican senators introduced a resolution Tuesday in opposition to President Donald Trump's withdrawal from Syria, warning that his decision has benefited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, ISIS, Russia and Iran. "If not arrested, withdrawing from Syria will invite more of the chaos that breeds terrorism and creates a vacuum our adversaries will certainly fill," McConnell said on the Senate floor. McConnell said if the President doesn't halt the withdrawal, Russia "will gain more leverage" in the Middle East, Iran-backed forces could gain greater access to a "strategic corridor that runs all the way...
  • U.S. military likely to send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive

    03/15/2017 12:26:22 PM PDT · by BeauBo · 16 replies
    Washington Post ^ | March 15, 2017 | Thomas Gibbons-Neff
    <p>The Washington Post reported today that the US is considering sending up to 1,000 more troops to Syria in coming weeks.</p>