U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants and "to help defend Iraq."
All U.s. Troops Withdrawing From Syria Expected To Go To Western Iraq: Pentagon Chief
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Sat, 10/19/2019 - 8:01pm
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