06-04-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com

Mattis on Syria: 'We'll work all this out'

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday that the military is talking with Kurdish partners and others in Syria to resolve questions over US support once the United States eventually withdraws from the war-torn country.President Donald Trump last week said he wants the US presence in Syria to end "very soon." On Wednesday the White House vowed the US mission would come to a "rapid end," without actually setting a timeline.A key issue is the fate of the thousands of Syrian Kurds that for years ha
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