Syria: WTF Do We Do Now?

President Trump announced this week that the U.S. had brokered a permanent ceasefire in northeast Syria as he also announced that he would be lifting sanctions that were imposed after Turkey launched a military offensive into Syria in early October.

A day earlier, however, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would participate in joint patrols with Turkey to enforce the ceasefire, causing confusion and concern that this isn’t much of a deal at all for U.S. interests in the region. President Trump, meanwhile, welcomed what he referred to as Russia’s ‘help’.

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