400 US lawmakers ask Trump for ‘clear, sustained’ Syria strategy

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400 US lawmakers ask Trump for ‘clear, sustained’ Syria strategy

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Hundreds of US lawmakers signed a letter to Donald Trump on Monday calling on the president to exercise “clear and sustained American action” in Syria to eliminate jihadist threats and to protect Washington’s allies.

The letter, signed by nearly 400 lawmakers from across the Senate and the House of Representatives, urges Trump to send “a message of resolve to malign actors in the region” – including Iran and Russia.

The Islamic State group (ISIS) lost control of its last holdout in Syria’s Baghouz, Deir ez-Zor province in March this year. However, its remnants and sleeper cells are still thought to pose a threat.

Read more at: http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/21052019