President Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria is dependent on Turkey agreeing to not attack Kurdish forces who have helped fight the Islamic State, according to national security adviser John Bolton.

“There are objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal,” Bolton told reporters in Jerusalem on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. “The timetable flows from the policy decisions that we need to implement.”

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