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State Department: US ‘will not leave a vacuum’ in Syria

By Joel Gehrke
Published April 23, 2018 9:40pm ET
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State Department: US ‘will not leave a vacuum’ in Syria
Syrian authorities distribute bread, vegetables and pasta to Douma residents, in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. Two days after Syrian troops declared Douma, near the capital, Damascus, liberated from rebel fighters and 10 days since a suspected chemical attack, a tour on Monday revealed widespread destruction and traumatized residents who recalled months spent cowering in crowded underground shelters infested with lice, with barely any food or water. | (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

President Trump “will not leave a vacuum” in Syria, acting Secretary of State John Sullivan assured allies at a meeting in Canada on Monday.

“We will not leave a vacuum that can be exploited by the Assad regime and its supporters,” Sullivan told reporters in Toronto.

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