US President Donald Trump has authorized $4.5 million in aid for Syria’s ‘White Helmets’ group, famed for rescuing wounded civilians from the frontlines in the civil war, the White House said Tuesday. Trump ordered the funds for what is formally known as the Syria Civil Defense group “to continue United ...
Syrian Kurd fighters told the United States on Tuesday they have fully withdrawn from a safe zone under an agreement with Turkey ahead of a deadline, a US official said. Syrian Democratic Forces chief Mazlum Abdi told US Vice President Mike Pence in a letter that they have pulled “all ...