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Thursday, January 10, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Pompeo insists withdrawal of US soldiers from Syria will happen
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCAIRO — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Thursday that a full US troop withdrawal from Syria announced by US President Donald Trump last month will go ahead despite widespread criticism.
“President Trump’s decision to withdraw our troops has been made. We will do that,” Pompeo tells a joint press conference in Cairo with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
The US top diplomat is on a whistlestop tour of the Middle East to address the concerns of regional allies about the surprise pullout plan.
— AFP
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