AdvertisementFormer Trump Envoy: Syria Withdrawal Is 'Haphazard' And 'Almost Unprecedented'October 08, 2019Bobby AllynRachel MartinfacebookEmailPresident Trump's plan for the Turkish-Syrian border contradicts recommendations from top officials in the Pentagon and the State Department. In this 2017 photo, a U.S. officer from the coalition against ISIS speaks with a fighter from the Kurdish People's Protection Units at the site of Turkish airstrikes near the northeastern Syrian Kurdish town of Derik. (AFP/Getty Images)