Keeping U.S. troops in Syria is a recipe for disaster

The Americans risk Turkey’s ire by keeping troops in northern Syria’s Kurdish separatist region.
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is keeping American troops in Syria indefinitely.
OTTAWA—On Jan. 17, United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that American troops will remain in Syria indefinitely. Tillerson’s remarks came on the heels of the recently announced defeat of Daesh (also known as Islamic State, ISIS, and ISIL) evildoers in both Iraq and Syria. His ...

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