The Latest: Kurds say US withdrawal ‘America’s decision’

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on Syria and U.S. military pullout (all times local):
4:55 p.m.
A senior Kurdish politician says the Kurds are aware of the U.S. beginning to withdraw from Syria, describing it as “America’s decision.”
Ilham Ahmed, who co-chairs the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Council in northeast Syria, said the Americans have a right to make decisions that are in their country’s security and national interests.
However, she adds that safeguarding the pe