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Pentagon says 1,000 US troops to withdraw from northern Syria

Smoke rises from targets bombarded by Turkish forces in Ras al-Ein town, Syria, as seen from Ceylanpinar, in Sanliurfa, Turkey, yesterday. Fighting rages along the border on the fifth day of an offensive that has provoked an international outcry and left dozens of civilians and fighters dead. – EPA pic, October 14, 2019.

THE Pentagon said yesterday President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria – almost the entire ground force in the war-torn country – amid an intensifying Turkish assault on Kurdish forces. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said the move came after the US learnt that Turkey was pressing further into Syria than expected.

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