Trump orders up to 1,000 US troops to withdraw from northern Syria

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WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said yesterday that US President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1,000 troops from northern Syria, as the number of people fleeing a Turkish assault soared to 130,000. 'I spoke with the President...

"We have moved into a planning scenario where up to 400,000 people could be displaced within and across the affected areas," spokesman Jens Laerke said.

France said yesterday it was"worried" after Kurdish authorities reported that hundreds of relatives of foreign militants had escaped from a displacement camp in northern Syria. The Kurdish administration in northern Syria said Turkish bombardment near a displaced people's camp had caused nearly 800 relatives of members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group to flee.

On Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based organisation that reports on the war, said Turkey-backed groups had killed nine civilians, including Mr Hervin Khalaf, secretary general of the Future Syria Party.

 

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