Tillerson says US troops in Syria to counter Assad
Three people walk amid the debris in the Syrian city of Raqa, after Kurdish fighters supported by US warplanes defeated Islamic State group jihadists to take the city (AFP Photo/DELIL SOULEIMAN)/ Washington (AFP) - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that US troops will remain in Syria not just to fight jihadists but also to counter the power of Bashar al-Assad and his ally Iran. In a speech on the US strategy to help end Syria's seven-year civil war, Tillerson stressed that the mission of the US military is to destroy the ...
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