Key envoy quits over Trump's Syria move
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's national security team continued to disintegrate over the weekend, as the administration's senior envoy to the global coalition fighting Islamic State quit over the president's abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.
The resignation of Brett McGurk, one of the most important U.S. diplomats in the Middle East, follows that of Defense Secretary James F. Mattis, who announced his resignation Thursday, citing concerns about Trump's increasingly isolationist foreign policy.
McGurk's departure leaves the U.S. with another leadership hole, as he was a seasoned and well-regarded veteran with experience on the
