US officials said President Donald Trump has been persuaded not to pull the military out of Syria immediately, despite his declaration last week that the US would “be coming out of Syria very soon”. Advisers reportedly convinced him that it “could risk a resurgence” by the Takfiri ISIL group. The ...
Moscow’s reciprocal move comes after a number of European countries, as well as the US, Canada and Australia decided to remove Russian diplomatic staff in solidarity with the UK, which groundlessly blamed the poisoning of ex-Russian intelligence officer Skripal on Russia. Belgian Foreign Ministry reported that the country’s ambassador to ...
