James Jeffrey: “What we really need in Idlib and throughout the rest of the country is a cease-fire.”

Russia presses for a premature withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces. Such an untimely U.S. military departure would enable ISIS to return, allow Iran to fill the vacuum, place Iraq's stability at risk, and increase the threats to…

It is a good example of how we can succeed by, with, and through the international community and local partners, and it is a good model for the future.

If those troops are withdrawn fully, a very important tool we had to keep ISIS under control will be gone.

Well, first of all, we did not bring it. The Iraqis wanted it. And in the end, they have a constitutional democratic system.