US withdraws troops from northeast Syria

By Daren Butler and Dominic Evans
Updated October 7 2019 - 7:43pm, first published 7:37pm
The White House says Turkish forces will invade northern Syria soon, with no US troops in the area.
The White House says Turkish forces will invade northern Syria soon, with no US troops in the area.

The United States is pulling troops from northeast Syria, in a major shift that clears the way for a Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-led forces and hands Turkey responsibility for thousands of Islamic State captives.

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