2019 - “#US troops have begun withdrawing from positions in northern #Syria, paving the way for a #Turkish operation against #Kurdish fighters in the border area.

Kurdish-led forces have until now been a #keyUSally in Syria, where they helped defeat the #IslamicState group, but Turkey regards them as terrorists.

The main Kurdish-led group called the betrayal by the U.S. a "stab in the back".
But #Trump defended the withdrawal, saying it was time "to get out of these ridiculous #EndlessWars".