U.S. Plan to Guard Syrian Oil Fields Sows Confusion

Oct 21, 2019 | Lara Seligman and Keith Johnson
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday confirmed that President Donald Trump’s administration is considering maintaining a small force of U.S. troops in northeastern Syria near Kurdish-controlled oil fields, a risky proposal that caught many officials off guard after the president spent the last two weeks insisting that all U.S. forces in the area would return home.