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From left, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis with President Donald Trump, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, speaks during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.

‘I don’t know what more I can say’: Mattis says resignation letter speaks for itself on Syria

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2019 3:30 pm

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a gun safety forum Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Las Vegas.

‘Might as well go after their body armor next’: Buttigieg says Trump Syria withdrawal stripped troops of ‘honor’

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2019 2:56 pm

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper leaves the Meuse-Argonne cemetery, northeastern France, after a remembrance ceremony, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018.

US preparing to evacuate troops from northern Syria

Mike Brest · October 13, 2019 2:51 pm

Turkish army's tanks roll during a ceremony on the Victory Day in Ankara, Turkey, in this Aug. 30, 2007 file photo. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq early Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, and artillery units fired shells toward Iraq from the town of Cukurca, where the borders of Turkey, Iran and Iraq meet, Turkey's military said, the first such confirmed attack since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Kurds say almost 1,000 ISIS supporters escaped amid Turkish approach

Zach Halaschak · October 13, 2019 2:15 pm

Kurds found out about Trump withdrawal of US troops in northern Syria from Twitter

Carlin Becker · October 12, 2019 10:45 pm

‘Leaving us to be slaughtered’: Syrian Kurds commander condemns US pullout

Carlin Becker and Ellie Bufkin · October 12, 2019 9:45 pm

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.

‘ISIS will resurge’: Mattis predicts ISIS comeback without more pressure from US

John Gage · October 12, 2019 8:34 pm

NBC reporter: Kurds believe Trump ‘gave the green light’ for Turkey to commit genocide

John Gage · October 12, 2019 3:58 pm

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Lake Charles, La., Friday.

Trump Report Card: A solid ‘F’

Paul Bedard · October 12, 2019 11:50 am

A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, stands guard inside a post where U.S. troops were based, in Tal Abyad town, at the Syrian-Turkish border, Syria, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. The SDF, a U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force accused Washington Monday of failing to abide by its commitments by withdrawing from northeast Syria ahead of a Turkish invasion that the Kurds say will overturn five years of achievements in the battle against the Islamic State group.

Cultivating alliances puts America first

Washington Examiner · October 12, 2019 4:00 am

President Trump has been a frequent speaker at the Value Voters Summit of evangelical leaders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump appearing before evangelicals as Turkey policy imperils Kurd-protected Christians

Rob Crilly · October 12, 2019 4:00 am

A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle on a newly installed position, near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A week ago, there was just a single house where U.S. soldiers had hoisted a U.S. flag on a hill a little ways back from a tense front line in Syria. Now on Wednesday stood a growing outpost with a perimeter of large sand barriers and barbed wire, a new watch tower and half a dozen armored vehicles, The Associated Press found.

US Special Forces in Syria shelled by Turkish troops

John Gage · October 11, 2019 7:41 pm