“We have won against ISIS, Our boys, our young women, our men — they’re all coming back, and they’re coming back now.”
Donald Trump. December 19, 2018
January 6, 2019
Bolton Puts Conditions on Syria Withdrawal, Suggesting a Delay of Months or Years
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s national security adviser, John R. Bolton, rolled back on Sunday Mr. Trump’s decision to rapidly withdraw from Syria, laying out conditions for a pullout that could leave American forces there for months or even years.
Mr. Bolton, making a visit to Israel, told reporters that American forces would remain in Syria until the last remnants of the Islamic State were defeated and Turkey provided guarantees that it would not strike Kurdish forces allied with the United States.