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    Trump Freezes Syria Aid Funds, Sends Mixed Messages On Anti-ISIS Strategy

    The State Department has put on hold $200 million in recovery funds to Syria, following President Trump's remarks last week signaling a possible withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
    by Samantha Raphelson Apr 02, 2018 2 minutes

    The White House has ordered the State Department to put on hold $200 million in recovery funds to Syria, following President Trump's remarks last week signaling a possible withdrawal of American troops from Syria.

    The funding, which was infrastructure projects in areas controlled by U.S.-backed rebels, was promised by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last month at an aid conference in Kuwait. The freeze on the money could

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