Kurdish bystanders reportedly hurled rotten fruit at U.S. soldiers leaving Syria

US Troops Leave Syria.
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U.S. troops didn't make the decision to leave Syria and transfer to Iraq, but they're facing the consequences of their superiors anyway.

Kurdish bystanders reportedly hurled rotten fruit and stones at U.S. military vehicles as they made their away to the Iraqi border, where a number of troops will reportedly continue to work toward preventing the Islamic State's resurgence.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.