Konflikten i Syrien

"Norge kan bara vara närvarande i Syrien i form av kollektivt självförsvar för Irak, och det utgör ett hot mot Iraks säkerhet från Syrien. Det betyder att vi inte kan stödja syriska rebeller mot Assadregimen eller hjälpa till att bekämpa Assadregimen på andra sätt, säger Ulfstein.

Norge bidrar med cirka 50 personer till utbildning, rådgivning och stöd till "lokala syriska, sunni-arabiska grupper", deras kamp mot IS, enligt ministern.

- Det är en förutsättning att deras kamp riktar sig mot ISIL, inte regimen eller dess anhängare.

Norwegian force deployed to Al Tanf border crossing

Norske spesialsoldater på bakken i Syria

In a rare and unprecedented speech delivered on the House floor just two days after the nation memorialized 9/11, Democratic Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday slammed Washington's longtime support to anti-Assad jihadists in Syria, while also sounding the alarm over the current build-up of tensions between the US and Russia over the Syria crisis.

She called on Congress to condemn what she called the Trump Administration’s protection of al-Qaeda in Idlib and slammed Washington's policies in Syria as "a betrayal of the American people" — especially the victims and families that perished on 9/11.

Considering that Congresswoman Gabbard herself is an Iraq war veteran and current Army reserve officer who served in the aftermath of 9/11, it's all the more power and rare that a sitting Congress member would make such forceful comments exposing the hypocrisy and contradictions of US policy.
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She called out President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence by name on the House floor in her speech:

“Two days ago, President Trump and Vice President Pence delivered solemn speeches about the attacks on 9/11, talking about how much they care about the victims of al-Qaeda’s attack on our country. But, they are now standing up to protect the 20,000 to 40,000 al-Qaeda and other jihadist forces in Syria, and threatening Russia, Syria, and Iran, with military force if they dare attack these terrorists."

And in perhaps a completely unprecedented moment, the Congresswoman accused America's Commander-in-Chief during her floor speech for acting as "the protective big brother of al-Qaeda and other jihadists".

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