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As it happened
Note the text below may not be verbatim. The full transcript is available here
Dillon: [pro regime forces] are between our elements at At Tanf and Abu Kamal … If we were to get to Abu Kamal, it would have to be by a different direction
Dillon: We as a coalition are not in the land grab business, we’re in the killin’ ISIS business
Dillon: We as a coalition are not in the land grab business, we’re in the killin’ ISIS business
Q re arms to SDF and return
Dillon: There was a private letter from Sec Mattis to his counterpart in Turkey. We have a process in place by serial number of weapons … We will continue to be transparent with our Turkish allies.
Reiterates it was a private letter.
Q re Syrian jet shoot down – were any US forces endangered?
Dillon: No American forces were injured or killed as a result of this.