1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Administrations Syria Policy Envisions Continued U.S. Presence name redacted Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs January 26, 2018 On January 17, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson laid out the Trump Administrations policy for
2、 U.S. involvement in Syria. The Secretarys remarks built upon previous testimony by Acting Assistant Secretary David Satterfield and were further elaborated in a briefing by a senior State Department official. U.S. Goals for Syria According to Secretary Tillerson, “the United States desires five key
3、 end states for Syria”: The enduring defeat of the Islamic State (IS, aka ISIS/ISIL) and Al Qaeda. This includes ensuring that the groups do not present a threat to the United States, and do not resurface in another form. According to Secretary Tillerson it also includes ensuring that Syria “never a
4、gain serves as a platform or safe haven for terrorists to organize, recruit, finance, train and carry out attacks on American citizens at home or abroad or against our allies.” A political settlement to the civil war. The Trump Administration seeks a resolution of the conflict between the Syrian gov
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