• U.S. soldiers sit on their vehicle as they pass on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Saturday. President Donald Trump's unscripted public declaration this week about pulling out of Syria 'very soon' while at odds with his own policy are unnerving for the Kurds in this context. U.S. troops first deployed in the area about 16 months ago, after Turkish-backed Syrian forces advanced on areas near Manbij, in a race for control of territories as Islamic State militants collapsed. The deployment prevented repeated clashes between the two rival forces. | AP
    U.S. soldiers sit on their vehicle as they pass on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Saturday. President Donald Trump's unscripted public declaration this week about pulling out of Syria "very soon" while at odds with his own policy are unnerving for the Kurds in this context. U.S. troops first deployed in the area about 16 months ago, after Turkish-backed Syrian forces advanced on areas near Manbij, in a race for control of territories as Islamic State militants collapsed. The deployment prevented repeated clashes between the two rival forces. | AP

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WASHINGTON – A senior Republican senator on Sunday warned U.S. President Donald Trump against pulling U.S. troops from Syria, saying it would lead to a resurgence of Islamic State and increased Iranian sway over the Syrian government in Damascus.

“It’d be the single worst decision the president could make,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on the “Fox News Sunday” program.

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