WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would get out of Syria 'over a period of time' and wants to protect the US-backed Kurdish fighters in the country as Washington draws down troops. Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House he never gave a four-month timetable for the withdrawal, which he announced last month against the advice of top national security aides and without consulting lawmakers or US allies participating in anti-Islamic State operations.
