Trump's troubled Syria policy is getting unexpected help from Putin
Alex Lockie
President Donald Trump may have a chance to pull the US out of Syria now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Iran to move out its forces as well.
Trump has long wanted to pull the US out of Syria, but likely couldn't because he'd be forfeiting the country to the same Iranian influence he hopes to counter.
Putin looks to have turned his back on Iran, and has asked them to leave Syria.
President Donald Trump's administration has been puzzling for some time over a vital question — how to pull the US out of Syria without ceding the region to Iran.
But now it looks like an unlikely figure, Russian President Vladimir Putin, has presented a solution.
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Unlikely, I say, that Iran would withdraw its forces.
