House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that under President-elect Trump, “there will be an evaluation” of whether the troops currently in Syria “should remain.” “I believe that,'' he said.
“Well, one of the things that Donald Trump will make clear is that any threat to the U.S. military will be met with an incredible response. “Everyone should definitely understand,” Turner said. CBS News' Margaret Brennan appears on Sunday's “Face the Nation.”
“The second thing is that he absolutely supports the Kurds and is going to seek a diplomatic solution. I think [there’ll] “It will be an assessment of whether the military should remain or not,” he added.
The US currently has 900 troops stationed in Kurdish-held northeastern Syria to fight the resurgence of ISIS.
Early Sunday morning, the Syrian government collapsed after rebel forces entered the capital, Damascus. The collapse of the government ended the 50-year rule of the Assad family in Syria.
The end of Assad's regime came after a 10-day offensive by rebel forces. Meanwhile, fighters moved quickly across Syria, occupying much of the government-held land.
Turner said on Sunday after the collapse of the Syrian government that America's adversaries Iran and Russia had been “brutal in supporting Assad.”
“Hundreds of thousands of people killed, including through the use of chemical weapons, were under Russian influence,” he added. “Russia still has two bases there, a naval base and an air base, both of which are not only at risk for Russia, but also for the Syrian people, because they were previously Because it could have been used in an attack.''Syrian people. ”
“Syria is a mess, but it's not our friend. The United States should have nothing to do with Syria,” President Trump said on Truth Social on Saturday. This is not our fight. Let's play. Don't get caught! ”
