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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2018 file photo, then Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul-Mahdi, center, arrives to the parliament building, in the heavily guarded Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq. Abdul-Mahdi told reporters at a press conference on Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, that his government could deploy troops inside Syria, in the latest fallout from the U.S. decision to withdraw from the war-torn country. The prime minister said his government is &quot;considering all the options&quot; to protect Iraq from threats across its borders. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq says it could deploy military into Syria

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 2, the "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018," in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump: Saudi Arabia will rebuild Syria

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump greets members of the five branches of the military by video conference on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, in the Oval Office of the White House. The military members were stationed in Guam, Qatar, Alaska, and two groups in Bahrain. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump: Turkey ‘strongly informed me’ they will finish off ISIS

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Illustration on why the U.S. should stay in Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why the United States must stay in Syria

By Gary Anderson

Report: Syria’s national security chief in Egypt

Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 2, the "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018," in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump rips James Mattis, Brett McGurk after resignations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting of a youth organisation founded by his elder son Bilal Erdogan and his friends, in Istanbul Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Erdogan said Friday the United States decided to withdraw troops from Syria after he reassured U.S. President Donald Trump that Turkey could eradicate the remnants of Islamic State group from the country with logistical help from Washington.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held Syrian town

By SARAH EL DEEB and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, photo, Syrian refugees women walk in front of Ouzai refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. A much touted Russian initiative to facilitate the return of Syrian refugees has fizzled out, with the return of only about 114,000 Syrians - out of more than 5 million in the region and Europe. In Lebanon, which hosts the highest ratio of refugees per capita, most of the estimated 1.2 million Syrians say the intend to stay put, citing economic concerns, ongoing fighting and destroyed homes. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

As Syria war winds down, refugees stay put despite hardships

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. McGurk has resigned in protest to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security officials. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Trump loses US envoy to anti-IS coalition over Syria plan

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2018, file photo, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington. A U.S. administration official says that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave his post Jan. 1, 2019, as Trump is expected to name Shanahan as acting secretary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

After criticism, Trump pushes out Mattis sooner than planned

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk, the U.S. representative to the anti-Islamic State coalition, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. McGurk said morale inside the extremist group is plummeting as the forces arrayed against it are gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Brett McGurk resigns in protest over Trump Syria withdrawal

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Patrick Shanahan will assume the title of acting Secretary of Defense starting Jan. 1, taking the reins from James Mattis, who President Trump said will be out at the end of the year. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Patrick Shanahan announcement comes with defense of decisions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump makes a statement on the possible government shutdown before signing criminal just reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s ‘record’ poverty drop, Flynn’s lies

By HOPE YEN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. McGurk has resigned in protest to President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security officials. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Trump loses US envoy to anti-IS coalition over Syria plan

By MATTHEW LEE and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Syria sends reinforcements east after Trump’s pullout plan

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Landers Center Arena in Southaven, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s 2018: A year in a stranger-than-sitcom presidency

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. President Donald Trump says Mattis will be retiring at the end of February 2019 and that a new secretary will be named shortly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

Mattis outlines strategic hazards facing next Pentagon chief

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2018 photo, a U.S. soldier waves as he sits on an armored vehicle, at a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij town, north Syria. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria has rattled Washington's Kurdish allies, who are its most reliable partner in Syria and among the most effective ground forces battling the Islamic State group. Kurds in northern Syria said commanders and fighters met into the night, discussing their response to the surprise announcement Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Kurds call for larger French role after US leaves Syria

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2018 photo, a U.S. soldier waves as he sits on an armored vehicle, at a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij town, north Syria. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria has rattled Washington's Kurdish allies, who are its most reliable partner in Syria and among the most effective ground forces battling the Islamic State group. Kurds in northern Syria said commanders and fighters met into the night, discussing their response to the surprise announcement Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Latest: Turkey says pledges aided US Syria troop pullout

Associated Press

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, confer prior to a news conference to say they are disagreeing with President Donald Trump's sudden decision to pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Syria exit has Pentagon scrambling amid withdrawal outrage

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA BALDOR - Associated Press