annie lowery of the atlantic, thanks for coming in on christmas eve. >> thanks fohaving me. >> >> schifrin: the president's on to withdraw forces from syria, and order the pentagon to develop plans to withdraw troops from afghanistan has dramatically changed the path the u.s. was on in both in the northern syrian city ofma ij, american soldiers spent sunday with their local allies, and patrolling a local market. exactly what president trump has ordered them to stop. a year and a half ago, u.s. troops teamed up with syrian kurds to evict isis from manbij and other former strongholds. in total there are 2200 americans in syria. and over the last four years, u.s. support to anti-assad forces and the iraqi government, and a u.s.-led campaign helpede elim% of isis' territory across syria and iraq. but the main u.s. ground ally syrian kurds, are seen by turkey as an enemy. and today, turkish television broadcast footage of ailitary convoy deploying to the syrian border. the syrian kurds warn they may have defend an imminenish attack, and stop fighting isis terrorists, the head of their political
