John Bolton said there is no timetable for the pullout, but insisted the military presence is not an unlimited commitment. Trump had faced widespread criticism from allies about his decision, announced in mid-December, that he was pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria. “We’re pulling out of Syria,” Trump said Sunday at the White House. Turkey considers the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, or YPG, a terrorist group linked to an insurgency within its own borders. Turkey’s presidential spokesman called allegations that his country planned to attack the U.S.-allied Kurds in Syria “irrational” and said Turkey was fighting terrorism for national security.

Source: National Post January 06, 2019 11:05 UTC