US President Donald Trump said, "I want our troops to return from Syria, and in 17 years we spent $ 7 trillion on the Middle East, but we did not get anything."

"Think of it, $7 trillion over a 17-year period. We have nothing. Nothing except death and destruction. It is a horrible thing. So it is time. It is time," he said at the White House press conference.

"We did not even protect the oil fields," Trump said. "And we will be making a decision very quickly in coordination with others in the area as to what we will do," he added. "Saudi Arabia is very interested in our decision. And I said, well, you know, you want us to stay maybe you're going to have to pay." (ILKHA)