Summary
When President Donald Trump vowed U.S. forces would shortly quit Syria, observers were left wondering if he was signaling an epic policy shift – or whether it was more a case of wishful thinking. Trump, who campaigned on a pledge of "America First," is said to be frustrated by the open-ended U.S. commitment in Syria, where special operations forces are training and advising Kurdish and Syrian Arab fighters battling Daesh (ISIS).
Now that the militants have lost 98 percent of the ground they once held, according to the Pentagon, Trump last week told supporters it is almost time to bring the 2,000 or so U.S. troops home from Syria.
Trump's apparent readiness to quit the chaos of Syria runs counter to a new U.S. strategy announced in January by then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has since been sacked.
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