This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who resigned over disagreements with President Donald Trump, has warned that the Islamic State (IS) extremist group could "resurge" in the wake of Trump's decision to pull troops out of northeast Syria. "We have got to keep the pressure on [IS] so they don't recover," Mattis told NBC News' Meet the Press program in an interview summary released on October 12. The full interview will be broadcast on October 13. "We may want a war over; we may even...
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