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Senior US envoy in Syria highly critical of American troop withdrawal

A senior American diplomat has written a highly critical assessment of the Trump administration’s abrupt withdrawal of troops from northeast Syria last month, a decision that paved the way for an attack on U.S.-allied forces in the area, officials said Thursday.

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Ras al-Ayn, Syria

Kurds begin evacuation from besieged Syrian town amid reports of cease-fire violations on both sides

Kurdish-led fighters and Turkish-backed forces clashed sporadically Sunday in northeastern Syria amid efforts to work out a Kurdish evacuation from a besieged border town, the first pull-back under the terms of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire. Turkey said one of its soldiers was killed in the day’s violence.

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Turkish invasion of Syria sparks NATO crisis, but eviction from alliance is unlikely

Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria — along with the criticism and threats of sanctions brandished by fellow NATO members at Ankara over the offensive — is close to sparking a crisis at the world’s biggest military alliance.

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US military moves 2 British Islamic State members known as ‘Beatles’ from Syria

Two British militants believed to be part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages and was known as "The Beatles" have been moved out of a detention center in Syria and are in American custody, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

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