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Withdrawing troops from northern Syria could ‘not come at a worse time,’ Votel says
Withdrawing U.S. troops from northern Syria jeopardizes American credibility among allies and could unravel progress already made to quash the Islamic State, according to retired Gen. Joseph Votel.
By Diana Stancy
SOCOM Commander: U.S. asked YPG to re-brand because of alleged terrorist link
Speaking on a panel at the Aspen Security Forum, Gen. Raymond Thomas, the commander of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), said the U.S. asked the People’s Protection Unit, or YPG, to re-brand because of its alleged linkages to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), an internationally designated terrorist group.
By Shawn Snow