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World update: April 26 2019

Stories from Iran, Sri Lanka, and more

Derek Davison
Apr 27, 2019
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MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA

The level of US military support for its Syrian Democratic Forces proxy is already starting to decline as the Trump administration slowly redeploys forces out of eastern Syria. A slow withdrawal offers the best chance for a US exit in a way that doesn’t completely leave the SDF at the mercy of the Turkish military, but there’s a risk tha…

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