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Documents reveal new details of Austin Tice’s capture and detention
The family of Marine veteran Austin Tice was allowed to view declassified intelligence about his detention in Syria.
By Todd South
Trump on pulling US troops out of Syria: ‘We’re not a police force’
The president told the press that writing letters to the parents of fallen service members has been the hardest part of his job.
By J.D. Simkins
The commander who oversaw ISIS defeat is ‘disappointed’ by Syria withdrawal
Retired Gen. Joseph Votel, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, spoke bluntly about Trump's decision reduce support for Kurdish allies.
By Military Times Editorial
A look at who’s who in northeast Syria as war fears rise
President Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. troops in Syria would step aside to make way for a Turkish military operation against U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters unleashed a torrent of near unanimous criticism and warnings of immediate and long-term negative consequences.
Trump’s confusing moves raise questions about Turkey, Syria
A day after President Donald Trump threatened to “ruin the economy of Turkey” if it goes too far with a planned invasion of northern Syria, he announced on Tuesday that he’s invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House next month.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Turkey says it won’t bow to Trump threat over its plans against Syrian Kurdish forces
Turkey will not bow to threats over its Syria plans, the Turkish vice president said Tuesday in an apparent response to President Donald Trump's warning to Ankara the previous day about the scope of its planned military incursion into northeastern Syria.
Commentary: Trump Syria withdrawal decision immoral and short-sighted
President Donald Trump’s withdrawal decision is strategically short-sighted because it will damage America’s reputation as a trustworthy ally across the globe, says the author of this commentary.
By Bradley Bowman
US withdrawal in Syria is only a small number of special operators, says Trump administration
“Turkey has neither the intent, desire, nor capacity to manage 60k detainees in al Hol camp, which State and DoD IGs [inspector general] warn is the nucleus for a resurgent ISIS. Believing otherwise is a reckless gamble with our national security,” Brett McGurk, Trump’s former envoy for the fight against ISIS, tweeted.
By Shawn Snow