NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Robert Ford, who was U.S. Ambassador to Syria from 2010 to 2014, for reaction on the president's decision to withdraw troops from Syria.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel Byman, senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, about the status of ISIS operations in Syria.
David Greene talks to retired Admiral James Stavridis, former supreme allied commander for NATO, about the potential consequences of the president's plan to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.
President Trump says it's time for U.S. forces to leave Syria. Roughly 2,200 U.S. troops have been fighting ISIS in Syria. And, another federal court decision blocks Trump's immigration crackdown.
President Trump has decided it's time for the U.S. forces to leave Syria. But the move goes against statements by top American military officials, who have consistently said it would be wise to stay.
The limited U.S. force has had a large impact on Syria's war, beating back ISIS and bringing relative calm to one corner of the country. President Trump's critics fear those gains could be lost.
U.S. troops have been in Syria since late 2015. The move is a reversal of U.S. policy: Earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said troops would stay to stabilize the country.