<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>First, and most basic, what exactly is US policy in Syria? President Donald Trump said just two weeks ago in a speech in Ohio that the US would "be coming out of Syria like very soon." Now, Trump has presided over<wm> a country ruled by Assad, who has become a president for a group of tribal fighters for ISIS as well.

US Syria Policy:

**US Military Presence:**
In 2011, the US invaded Iraq following a US drone raid against the dictator Saddam Hussein, the first of the US military's four interventions under the previous administration of Barack Obama.

**Intervention in Syria:** Following a US military intervention in Iraq in 2011, the US has continued its military involvement in Lebanon, while Syria.</wm> President Trump has maintained the US military's continued military engagement in Syria.

**Syria as the "