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Kurdish protestors along the route hurling it potatoes at military vehicles and cursing at u.s. forces as well. a deep anger among many kurds. they think the u.s. has betrayed them and also fear. fear if turkish military rolls in the kurds could face ethnic cleansing and slaughter. most of these u.s. forces will be rebased in iraq but the u.s. defense secretary has raised the possibility that small numbers, perhaps a couple hundred may remain in syria in part to monitor the islamic state and in ...

Also claiming that the u.s. secured the oil, what does is that mean? >>. >> who knows, the issue, it is not a cease fire, it is simply the turks allowing the kurds to run without being shot at for this five day period. at which point they lose their homes, their land, and the turks have been clear about this. theyre going to bring in two million arabs as a buffer zone to keep the curds and syria away from the kurds and turkey. with respect to the oil, this has to do with being further south. it ...

Military is really angry about this generally speaking. this is a betrayal of trust not only by the kurds, but also up and down the chain of command within the u.s. military and that betrayal of trust is something that is very, very difficult to regain. bad enough externally. its also going to be difficult internal to the u.s. military. >> and senator lindsey graham you know said that even if in his vi president trump didnt give a green light to turkey, he gave a yellow light and you just dont d...

Northeastern syria. joining us now democratic congressm congressman, thank you for being here. the pentagon and the president dont seem to be on the same page about whats happening on the ground in syria. the president keeps saying the troops are coming home, those being withdrawn from northern syria. yet his defense secretary says otherwise. whats your response? >> that is correct. there seems to be a lot of chaos on the ground there. this looks to be a big victory for erdogan, assad and puti...

Have been killed within the last 24 hours, and both sides are accusing the other of violating the agreement. on the other side, syrian kurds have until tuesday to abandon a buffer zone on the turkey border. the president announced withdrawal efforts and a few days later, president erdogan took over the turkey border. >> reporter: the largest movement the syrian troops have taken. today it seems they began to coalesce on a base in a town in the east here. we saw one particular base, perhaps 200 v...

Afghanistan today. u.s. defense secretary mark esper said about a thousand troops are withdrawing on the ground and in the air and are now being repositioned to western iraq from northern syria. the troops are not headed home, contrary to how the president has been selling it. u.s. secretary esper said they will be in operations to defend iraq and to conduct counter-isis missions, according to esphe ie. a brokered cease-fire in syria seems to be holding, however, one syrian and civilians have be...

Dont get me wrong, we have concerns about the syrian partners and relationship with the pkk, the turkish terrorists that we have declared a terrorist and helped fight in variety of ways and a buffer zone established and built over time, if you will, in recognizance and patrols and there is a commanding control structure to coordinate what is going on. but this has been done in a such a sudden nature that again we are literally pulling out of our base and trying to get out of them everything that...

. >> the president indicated he was going to pull out whatever number of troops there were in that buffer zone, which as i understand it, was far less than 50? is that what it was? >> well, its not so much the 28th. what i was concerned about is, number one, the president did not give turkey the green light to invade syria. but he didnt say red, either. he gave a yellow light, and you dont give a yellow light in the mideast. >> im joined now by fareed zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps." faree...

Conduct counteris missions. according to es per, a u.s. brokered cease fire seems to be holding, however soldier and democratic forces have been killed in the past 24 hours and both sides are accusing the other of violating the agreement. the syrian kurds have until tuesday to aban dan a large piece of land in a buffer zone. speaking today, mike pompeo depended the agreement. >> this was about getting a cease fire, a secure area and that a this in fact will save lives in that very space. that wa...

Ethnic cleansing. dont get me wrong, we have concerns about the syrian partners and relationship with the pkk, the turkish terrorists that we have declared a terrorist and helped fight in variety of ways and a buffer zone established and built over time, if you will, in recognizance and patrols and there is a commanding control structure to coordinate what is going on. but this has been done in a such a sudden nature that again we are literally pulling out of our base and trying to get out of th...