Confirmation of the first withdrawals comes amid confusion over plans to implement Trump’s pullout order and threats from Turkey to attack the Kurds, who have been America’s partners on the ground in the war against the Islamic State group in Syria. . Badran Ciya Kurd, a Syrian Kurdish..…

U.S. troops have been involved in Syria’s war since 2014 when the first elite force arrived in the country to advise Kurdish-led fighters who were involved in battles against the Islamic State group. . ..…

Mattis and the top U.S. envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition. It also led to major criticism that the U.S. was abandoning its local Kurdish allies amid Turkish threats of an imminent attack. . . . ... U.S. troops have been involved in Syria's war since 2014 when the first elite force..…