continues healthily. reporter: donald from made the decision to pull out of syria following a call with his turkish counterpart, the former us ambassador to syria under the obama administration supports donald trump s decision to pull out. northeastern syria would not have enabled washing to and leverage any important concessions from damascus, toronto or moscow. syrians, not us troops and stabilization teams can reverse that. we would do well to be humbler about our abilities especially in the face of sustained, widespread regional hostility. the start of theory s civil war, bashar al-assad no longer feels isolated, gulf states opposed to his work coming back to damascus. marine announced it will reopen its embassy in syria, one day after the united arab emirates did the same. us officials tell me there are no plans to withdraw any americans from syria. complete withdrawal from the country could take months.
israel has no business in north ian syria, but it has business with one thing. if the iranian forces rush through this area and get very close to israel and have missile at their disposal, i think the israelis will have no choice. eric: they re doing that now. they struck a weapons depot the other day in damascus. apparently, these are weapons that are brought in from to syria. this is now. the iranians have not yet deployed the bulk of their missile force which is going to be in the hundreds, if not the thousands. eric: all right. certainly the national security adviser going to the region, we ll see how this plays out. certainly troubling. thank you. thank you. laura: well, the countdown is on. major preparations are underway in the big apple for new year s
decision to pull out of syria following a call with a turkish counterpart earlier this month. the former u.s. ambassador to syria under the obama administration supports president trump s decision to pull out, quoting northeastern syria would not have been enabled washington to leverage any important considerations from damascus, tehran, or moscow. only syrians, not u.s. troops, and stabilization teams, can reverse that. we would do well to be humble about our abilities, especially in the basis of chain, widespread regional hostility. seven years after the start of syria civil war, president assad no longer feels isolated. the gulf states are coming back to damascus. lorraine announced friday it will reopen its embassy in syria. one day after the united arab emirates did the same. u.s. officials tell me there was no immediate plans to withdraw any american troops from syria. the complete withdrawal from a country could take months. shannon? shannon: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon,
the syrian president s forces closed in ten days after president trump order the full withdrawal of the u.s. forces from the country. but the kurds say they welcomed the syrian troops as protection against a potential turkish invasion after the u.s. allies leader. and, if terror organizations lead, there is no more for us anyway. president trump whom i m spoke to recently continuous hopefully. president trump made the decision to pull out of syria this month. the former u.s. ambassador to syria under the obama administration supports president trump s decision to pull out, to leverage any important concessions from damascus, tehran, or moscow. only syrians, not stabilization
hospitals were also bombed and dozens of indiscriminate barrel bombs also dropped. the feared exodus everyone worried about has started more than a thousand families had to flee from southern idlib toward the turkish border that s living in camps. 3.5 million in turkey 3 million civilians in idlib. turkey saying it can t handle anymore. moved its troops up to the border with syria. this offensive escalating in some different ways. while it may be the last major offensive in the civil war it may be the worse. shep? shepard: right after this newscast catch us on facebook watch for a fox news update. we ll stream it live as we do each day at this time on facebook watch. home screen and just a few minutes. you can watch it always there live or on demand on facebook watch. should news break out, we ll break in because breaking news changes everything on fox news channel. your world with cavuto is coming up and today he will speak with south carolina s governor henry mcmaster who