Die viel beachtete Ankündigung von US-Präsident Donald Trump, die US-Truppen aus Syrien abziehen zu wollen, wurde nun von seinem Nationalen Sicherheitsberater erheblich relativiert, indem er ihn von diversen „Bedingungen“ abhängig machte, schreibt u.a. Antiwar.com: „During his visit to Israel, National Security Adviser John Bolton was openly contradicting President Trump on the withdrawal from Syria, and suggested that there would be no withdrawal at all until multiple conditions were met. Bolton said that pockets of ISIS are undefeated and that the US would have to wipe those out before a pullout.” (jw)