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sdf forces and the turkish backed sna fighters continues.n anti—war protests have recently come underfire. in a regional hospital, we met with both injured civilians and fighters. she was one of those civilians calling for an end to the fighting. i lost some blood. that's why they wanted to send me to the hospital. was again a drone attack next to our ambulance was happening. and the killing of civilians as abhorrent war crimes committed by the turkish sna coalition. but the turkish government denies targeting civilians and infrastructure. instead, they accuse kurdish forces of using civilians as human shields. translation: in reality, we are still at war - with turkey and its proxies. turkishjets and drones continue to bomb us. their statements are positive, but they are under pressure have a voice in syria's future. in damascus�* new leadership. expected to lay down our arms? this is a common scene in cemeteries across the region. two kurdish fighters killed in a recent attack are returned for burial. each time i come back, there is a new

troops from syria, where they are working with our allies, the sdf, in, as they guard thousands of isissoners at this point. good idea or bad idea? the military is concerned about this. >> and andrea, this is an exact example. >> of how the military has really been leaning in on some of the things that. president trump and his advisers have been saying. there has not been. >> a. >> direct order from. >> the white. >> house to do. >> this. >> planning. >> but the military is. trying to be proactive. so they're setting up these potentials for 30 day, 60. >> day and 90 day withdrawal of all u.s. troops from syria, should. >> the order come from president trump? the reality is, andrea. >> this is. >> one that people here in the. >> pentagon are do expect. >> is a little bit more. >> plausible than. >> sending troops to gaza? thank you very much, courtney. thank you for all that you're doing. we really appreciate it. and that does it for us for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. be sure to tune in tomorrow. i'll be joined by speaker emerita nancy pelosi. and remember to follow us on so

the concern is those prisons could be vulnerable to either prison breaks, or the sdf may just have to turn to their offensive operations and turn away from their prison detention operations. >> chris courtney kuby, thank you. now to usaid, where nearly all direct hires are being put on leave. nbc's vaughn hillyard is covering this story for us. so what happens? there are thousands of american workers who would fit into that category, who are posted overseas, and how big of a job will it be just to get them home? >> extraordinary. and the millions of dollars it will take is difficult to exactly add up here. chris. the order overnight from usaid for all usaid officials and staff overseas to return to washington, d.c. is a stunning development. at this point in time, there is more than 80 missions across the globe. i was talking with somebody familiar with the ukraine mission just a bit ago who said, this is not just a matter of, you know, humanitarian aid and assistance. this is basic about national security. in the case of ukraine, for example, there are more than 200 american usaid pe