State Department: US ‘will not leave a vacuum' in Syria
by Joel Gehrke
| April 23, 2018 05:40 PM
President Trump “will not leave a vacuum†in Syria, acting Secretary of State John Sullivan assured allies at a meeting in Canada on Monday.
“We will not leave a vacuum that can be exploited by the Assad regime and its supporters,†Sullivan told reporters in Toronto.
That pledge is a much-debated topic within the U.S. government and between American allies. Trump has stated his determination to withdraw American forces promptly after defeating the Islamic State in Syria, but other policymakers and European allies worry that Syrian President Bashar Assad, backed by Russia and Iranian terrorist proxies, will surge into the areas currently held by the U.S.-led coalition.
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