Golan Heights and South/West Syria 0
1 July 2018

The U.S. national security advisor, John Bolton, remarked that "there are possibilities for doing a larger negotiation [between Russia and the U.S.] on helping to get Iranian forces out of Syria and back into Iran". Bolton added that "I don't think Assad is the strategic issue. I think Iran is the strategic issue". 

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