Biden must heed Russia’s latest threat to US forces in Syria

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Russia desperately wants U.S. military forces out of northeastern Syria.

On Tuesday, responding to a tweet from a U.S. military spokesman, the Russian Embassy in Washington complained that the United States has “no legal mandate” to be in Syria. The embassy added that the U.S. spokesman’s referencing of U.N. Security Council resolution 2254 is “just ridiculous.”

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