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Caused awkward situations for the department. the president did not say his name on the phone call with the ukrainian president. another about-face by president trump on syria. plans are being discussed to deploy tanks in eastern syria for the first time. a large number of troops could be needed to operate the tanks, the troops the president just ordered out of syria. nick paton walsh from irbil, iraq, this morning. reporter: this is the problem of leaving 200 or 300 troops in parts of southern or eastern syria, to protect the oil. they re reasonably vulnerable, given the supply routes in the past. and the freedom of movement the hampered after the areas they would normally drive themselves ....
In and out of. these tanks are designed to send a signal, when they arrive, if they arrive, to provide extra protection and to solidify the presence around the oil field. it is surprising, after all of the rearrangement geopolitically and the damage this has done to the fight against isis, that the focus appears to be so much securing the oil fields. they re not strategically of great value. the united states does not need to be sure to access this part of syria for energy needs. it seems to be something that president trump is keen to graph upon. isis, were they to get them back in their grasp. there s no way enough force to risk that sort of thing. there was a tweet that president trump said he had spoken to the commander of the syrian kurds here, who has been, i think, probably ambivalent is a fair description of his response ....
Somehow on their own in the southern part of the oil fields. but they could end send bradley fighting vehicles. this is not the reduction of the footprint that president trump advertised. it s the consequence of sending the troops to protect the oil fields. oil is not a big deal to the u.s. in syria. it is a strategic reason to be there. it s a reason that would commit the 200 or 300 troops there or so. they would like to keep fighting with the kurdish. they think that is passing on its way out. a complicated process, complicated by the white house to pull back troops and go to the incursion, against isis in worst situations. they are the war crimes against syrian levels backed by turkey. ....
So many questions to be asked. that s part of the politics. the urgent question now, is whether or not turkey has denied the accusations of war crimes and opened up the accusations against the syrian rebels. the broader question, the u.s. troops, how they are supported in that part of syria. to keep the surging isis fields. that was the oxygen for the growth of that group. this could reconstitute if allowed into the oil field again. they don t have a physical caliphate they like to call it more. they have people in camps and jails. the vacuum is enabling them. they re not a land force again. ....
Another about-face by president trump on syria. plans are being discussed to deploy tanks in eastern syria for the first time. a large number of troops could be needed to operate the tanks, the troops the president just ordered out of syria. sam kiley live near the turkis / border. reporter: i think you re right. embedded in your question, what is this all about? from the domestic political agenda, president trump is drawing some of the stings he has received from his own party and criticizing his withdrawal from northern area, in terms of support of the syrian democratic front. they may look at the southern ....