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FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2014, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, speaks with Syrian troops during his visit to the front line in the eastern Damascus district of Jobar, Syria. Assad has snapped up a prize from world powers that have been maneuvering in his country’s multifront wars. Without firing a shot, his forces are returning to towns and villages in northeastern Syria where they haven’t set foot for years. (SANA via AP, File)

Syria’s Assad gets a prize with US withdrawal, Russia deal

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Syrian government forces deploy near the town of Tal Tamr, north Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Russia and Turkey announced an agreement Tuesday to jointly patrol almost the entire northeastern Syrian border after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters, cementing the two countries' power in Syria in the wake of President Donald Trump's abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

The Latest: Russian assures security of civilians at border

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Russian forces armored vehicles patrol the Syrian border in Kobani, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Russian military police began patrols on part of the Syrian border Wednesday, quickly moving to implement an accord with Turkey that divvies up control of northeastern Syria. (AP Photo)

Donald Trump announces a permanent cease-fire, claims victory in Syria

By Tom Howell Jr. and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks to reporters at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, where he saw a Patriot missile battery that the U.S. sent to Saudi to help protect the kingdom against the Iranian threat. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

The Latest: US troops from Syria to leave Iraq in 4 weeks

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan look at each other during a joint news conference after their talks in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Erdogan says Turkey and Russia have reached a deal in which Syrian Kurdish fighters will move 30 kilometers (18 miles) away from a border area in northeast Syria within 150 hours. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian forces deploy at Syrian border under new accord

By Suzan Fraser and Lefteris Pitarakis - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Trump says Turkey calls cease-fire ‘permanent’

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks to reporters at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, where he saw a Patriot missile battery that the U.S. sent to Saudi to help protect the kingdom against the Iranian threat. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Mark Esper arrives in Baghdad to discuss U.S. troops leaving Syria

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks to reporters at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, where he saw a Patriot missile battery that the U.S. sent to Saudi to help protect the kingdom against the Iranian threat. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Iraq official: US troops from Syria to leave Iraq in 4 weeks

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Analysis: Declaring victory, Trump strengthens Russia’s hand

By AAMER MADHANI and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

A U.S. military convoy arrives near Dahuk, Iraqi, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that under the current plan all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence. (AP Photo)

Iraq: American troops leaving Syria cannot stay in Iraq

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the opening ceremony of the International Astronautical Congress, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mike Pence: Syria cease-fire holding

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks with U.S. troops in front of an F-22 fighter jet deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Trump finds no simple fix in Syria, other world hotspots

By AAMER MADHANI and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

In this late Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 photo, Turkish police and army cars escort vans and buses returning from Syria, reportedly carrying IS group members and their families, at the border town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey. Turkey's interior minister Suleyman Soylu said Saturday, Oct. 19, that 41 Islamic State members were re-captured in Syria and private IHA news agency said the Turkish nationals among the re-captured were brought over to Turkey in vans. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Erdogan said the Turks captured would be imprisoned and tried in Turkey. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

What Trump gets wrong about war against the Islamic State

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with the media after the Senate Policy Luncheon in Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

McConnell resolution prods Trump to keep troops in Syria

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after their joint news conference following their talks in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Erdogan says Turkey and Russia have reached a deal in which Syrian Kurdish fighters will move 30 kilometers (18 miles) away from a border area in northeast Syria within 150 hours. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan agree on Syria patrols

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

James Jeffrey special representative for Syria Engagement and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on assessing the impact of Turkey's offensive in northeast Syria, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

James Jeffrey, U.S. envoy to anti-ISIS coalition, not consulted prior to troop withdrawal

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the Kurdish news agency, residents who are angry over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria hurl potatoes at American military vehicles in the town of Qamishli, northern Syria, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday in Afghanistan that U.S. troops will stay in eastern Turkey to protect Kurdish-held oil fields for at least the coming weeks and that he was discussing options to keep them there. (ANHA via AP)

The Latest: Pence says 5-day cease-fire in Syria has held

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to reporters before traveling to Russia to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Erdogan says up to 1,300 Syrian Kurdish militia have yet to vacate areas in northeast Syria, as the clock a Turkish-U.S. cease-fire agreement runs. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )

Russia, Turkey seal power in northeast Syria with new accord

By SUZAN FRASER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this Oct. 7, 2019, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., addresses the Kentucky chapters conference of The Federalist Society at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Mitch McConnell labels Syria resolution ‘insufficient,’ prepares alternative plan

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times