{"id":61436,"date":"2019-10-21T19:27:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/21\/us-european-lawmakers-swipe-trump-and-turkey-in-new-syria-joint-statement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:30:33","slug":"us-european-lawmakers-swipe-trump-and-turkey-in-new-syria-joint-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/10\/21\/us-european-lawmakers-swipe-trump-and-turkey-in-new-syria-joint-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"US, European lawmakers swipe Trump and Turkey in new Syria joint statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 In a rare joint statement, top foreign affairs lawmakers from the United States and multiple European allies on Monday condemned both President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/video\/2019\/10\/21\/kurds-hurl-insults-and-garbage-at-departing-us-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\">withdraw American military forces<\/a> from Syria and the Turkish invasion that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The signers, who said they \u201cdeeply regret\u201d the moves, included U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.; the European Parliament\u2019s David McAllister, the German Bundestag\u2019s Norbert Rottgen, the French National Assembly\u2019s Marielle de Sarnez and the UK House of Commons\u2019 Tom Tugendhat. They \u201cconsider the abandonment of the Syrian Kurds to be wrong\u201d and \u201cjointly condemn in the strongest terms the Turkish military offensive in northeastern Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe deeply regret the decision of the President of United States to withdraw American troops from northeastern Syria which marks another landmark in the change of American foreign policy in the Near and Middle East,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/16\/trump-says-us-troops-are-totally-safe-amid-growing-chaos-in-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> two weeks ago abruptly decided to pull U.S. troops out of border areas, abandoning their allied Kurdish-backed fighters ahead of Turkey\u2019s invasion. After the assault began Oct. 9, Trump ordered a general withdrawal from Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/10\/18\/trumps-syria-ceasefire-could-make-the-middle-east-less-safe-lawmakers-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19290561944118.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump\u2019s Syria \u2018ceasefire\u2019 could make the Middle East less safe, lawmakers say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Top congressional Democrats \u2015 and two high-profile Republican senators \u2015 decried the U.S.-brokered deal in which President Donald Trump agreed to drop sanctions against NATO ally Turkey if it would pause its military offensive in Syria.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Criticism of Trump\u2019s decision has been widespread among U.S. lawmakers in recent days, but the new statement marks a strong expression of transatlantic unity. The statement also called on the European Union and its member states to \u201ctake responsibility and engage in the conflict resolution. We are in need of immediate and sustained joint action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/1f13bf4d38c340499cbc48abdca144eb\" target=_blank>said<\/a> U.S. troops will stay in eastern Syria to protect Kurdish-held oil fields for at least the coming weeks and he was discussing options to keep them there. Trump has been accused at home and abroad for betraying the Kurds and weakening the coalition fighting the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent days, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-N.Y., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/21\/congressional-leaders-travel-to-afghanistan-amid-uncertainty-over-troop-deployments-overseas\/\" target=_blank>led<\/a> a congressional delegation to Jordan where they discussed Syria with members of the country\u2019s royal family. The delegation included Engel, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson and Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, the joint, trans-Atlantic statement predicted that the, \u201cturmoil Turkish offensive may contribute to a resurgence of Islamic terrorism and undermines years of effort and investment to bring stability and peace in this part of the world. Therefore, we hope the United States will take up its responsibility in Syria again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEqually we call upon the European Union and its member states to take responsibility and engage in the conflict resolution. We are in need of immediate and sustained joint action. There is only one path to follow: a firm and resolute attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis horrible war touches and affects the peoples of our countries in such an enormous way. For that reason, we, as members of our parliaments, feel compelled to making our common position clear. We unite across parties and nationalities to demonstrate our commitment to our common values, responsibility and interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/10\/17\/isis-will-be-back-lawmakers-voice-syria-fears-to-pentagon-chiefs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/isis.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">&#8216;ISIS will be back.\u2019 Lawmakers voice Syria fears to Pentagon chiefs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday left Pentagon briefings on the crisis in Syria frustrated with the tangle of problems that came with President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to pull troops from Syria and voicing new fears the Islamic State will regroup to wage terror.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid concerns and criticism from NATO allies over for the military operation denied any territorial ambition and called the accusation an \u201cinsult\u201d to him. Ankara deems the Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units, or YPG, a &#8220;terrorist&#8221; offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers&#8217; Party, or PKK, which has been waging a rebellion inside Turkey since 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the transatlantic group of lawmakers, called Turkey\u2019s incursion into Syria, \u201ca military aggression and a violation of international law. 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