|
Trending Topics
|
Security Adviser Bolton: U.S. in Syria to Finish Destroying ISIS and See All Iranian Forces Return Home
(Reuters) Dan Williams - U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton told Reuters in Jerusalem on Tuesday: "Our interests in Syria are to finish the destruction of the ISIS territorial caliphate and deal with the continuing threat of ISIS terrorism and to worry about the presence of Iranian militias and regular forces. And those are the issues that keep us there." Bolton said that Russian President Putin, who met President Trump in Helsinki on July 16, had told the U.S. that Moscow could not compel the Iranians to leave Syria. "But he also told us that his interest and Iran's were not exactly the same. So we're obviously going to talk to him about what role they can play. We're going to see what we and others can agree on in terms of resolving the conflict in Syria. But the one prerequisite there is the withdrawal of all Iranian forces back in Iran."