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

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon said Sunday (Oct 13) US President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria - almost the entire ground force in war-torn country - amid an intensifying Turkish assault on Kurdish forces.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Sunday US President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria - almost the entire ground force in war-torn country - amid an intensifying Turkish assault on Kurdish forces.

"We find ourselves as we have American forces likely caught between two opposing advancing armies and it's a very untenable situation," Esper told CBS's Face the Nation. "Look it's a very terrible situation over there. A situation caused by the Turks... Despite our opposition they decided to make this incursion into Syria," Esper told CBS.

'Immediate defensive action' Asked if troops would be leaving the country altogether, Esper clarified that the withdrawal was just from northern Syria,"which is where most of our forces are." Fighting raged along the border on the fifth day of an offensive that has provoked an international outcry and left dozens of civilians and fighters dead.

Trump tweeted Sunday that it was"very smart not to be involved in the intense fighting along the Turkish Border, for a change." US troops near the northern border came under artillery fire from Turkish positions on Friday, the Pentagon said, warning that the US was prepared to meet aggression with"immediate defensive action."

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