US national security advisor John Bolton said Friday (Dec. 28) he would visit Turkey and Israel to coordinate on Syria, after President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw all US. Forces, AFP reported.
Bolton said he would head in January to both Turkey -- which has enthusiastically backed Trump's sudden move -- as well as Israel, a close US ally where the pullout has caused concern.
"We will discuss our continued work confronting security challenges facing allies and partners in the region, including the next phase of the fight against ISIS, as the US begins to bring troops home from Syria," Bolton tweeted.
Trump last week unexpectedly said he was pulling all 2,000 troops from Syria, declaring that the United States had achieved its objective as ISIS extremist movement had been "knocked" out.
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