Esper: US troops, armored vehicles going to Syria oil fields ~ AJJ News

Sunday 27 October 2019

Esper: US troops, armored vehicles going to Syria oil fields

October 27, 2019

The United States will send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to keep oil fields from potentially falling into the hands of Islamic State militants, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. It was the latest sign that extracting the military from Syria is more uncertain and complicated than President Donald Trump is making it out to be.