Russia has doubts Trump will leave Syria

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Russia isn’t sure President Trump will make good on his promise to withdraw troops from Syria, in part because of past broken promises from the U.S. to withdraw troops from other regions.

“Of course, we need to look at what will happen in reality,” said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Let’s recall the previous U.S. president and those promises concerning the withdrawal from Afghanistan, which were made six or seven years ago, and compare them to reality.”

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