ANKARA (Reuters) – U. S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Saturday he hoped President Donald Trump would slow the U. S. withdrawal from Syria until Islamic State is destroyed, warning that, if not thought through, the pullout can create an “Iraq on steroids”. Speaking in Ankara, Graham also said he believed U. S. Chief of Staff Joseph Dunford was working on a plan with Turkey to move Kurdish YPG elements away
ANKARA (Reuters) – U. S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Saturday he hoped President Donald Trump would slow the U. S. withdrawal from Syria until Islamic State is destroyed, warning that, if not thought through, the pullout can create an “Iraq on steroids”.
Speaking in Ankara, Graham also said he believed U. S. Chief of Staff Joseph Dunford was working on a plan with Turkey to move Kurdish YPG elements away from the Turkish border.
Trump announced last month that Islamic State had been defeated in Syria and he would pull U. S. forces out of the country.
The decision injected new uncertainty into the eight-year-long Syrian war and spurred a flurry of contacts over how a resulting security vacuum will be filled across northern and eastern Syria where the U.
