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we have won against isis. we ve beaten them and we have beaten them badly. we have taken back the land. now it is time for our troops to come back home. one problem. the defense department disagrees. they released this statement. the coalition liberated the isis-held territory, but the campaign against isis is not over. the white house is struggling to articulate the withdrawal plan. they cannot say how many troops are coming home or other personnel leaving. the pentagon referred questions back to the white house. the president ordered to withdrawal all troops is being met with universal condemnation. we have more from london and najir. reporter: good morning, dave. ....
Fight against isis should it rear its head again. that campaign is 20% done. by the pentagon s statistics, there are 14,000 remaining isis fighters in syria. without the u.s. defense to the presence in syria, they will be able to start looking again to operations abroad. nima, thank you. could be a coincidence, but president trump is giving russia two big gifts. pulling troops out of syria analyan and then lifting sanctions on two friends of vladimir putin s. this morning, president putin is holding the annual end of the year news conference about the ....
Political settlement. the russians have been backing the regime of bashar al assad. they have been saying for months they don t believe the u.s. has a legal basis to stay in syria after the defeat of isis. they are sure to welcome it. can things get better for putin at this point? reporter: it is fair to say this press conference that putin hosts is a big summing up. he has been cramming for this for several days. this caps a year where he hosted the world cup in russia. like you mentioned, new sanctions imposed on russia, but lifting of sanctions connected to one oligarch close to putin. he is ending the year on a high note, alison. it is making people scratch their heads about what motivated president trump to make this decision. nathan hodge, thank you. breaking overnight. ....
Everyone we are sepeaking to is concerned. this is a move that james mattis was saying this is not possible. he was saying the u.s. presence in syria is in the national interest. this is not about the remaining pockets of isis, when we say the remaining pockets, there are 14,000 remaining isis soldiers. this is the number they put out in august. it is about routing the remaining pockets of isis, but ev enduring victory. you need to have trained the officials. that campaign is 20% done. that is without bringing in the reality of seeding the key areas ....
we have won against isis. we ve beaten them and we have beaten them badly. we have taken back the land. now it is time for our troops to come back home. one problem. the defense department disagrees. they released this statement. the coalition liberated the isis-held territory, but the campaign against isis is not over. the white house is struggling to articulate the withdrawal plan. they cannot say how many troops have come home or the timeline or when other personnel will leave. the pentagon referred questions back to the white house. the president ordered to withdrawal all troops is being met with universal condemnation. there are a lot of reasons why. we have nimaelb nima elbagir ....