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The administration’s decision to pull U.S. forces out of northern Syria kept unraveling on October 13 as the region descended further into chaos. Kurdish forces moved toward a deal with the Assad government and Russia, while critics from both parties said Trump had abandoned a key American partner and handed leverage to Turkey, Syria, and Moscow.
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The administration’s decision to pull U.S. forces out of northern Syria kept unraveling on October 13 as the region descended further into chaos. Kurdish forces moved toward a deal with the Assad government and Russia, while critics from both parties said Trump had abandoned a key American partner and handed leverage to Turkey, Syria, and Moscow.
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The administration’s decision to pull U.S. forces out of northern Syria kept unraveling on October 13 as the region descended further into chaos. Kurdish forces moved toward a deal with the Assad government and Russia, while critics from both parties said Trump had abandoned a key American partner and handed leverage to Turkey, Syria, and Moscow.
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