What is the Exit Plan for Syria? | Clarion Project

What is the Exit Plan for Syria? | Clarion Project
"On April 8, 2018, the American think tank Security Studies Group shared an exit plan for Syria with the National Security Council.
Key points in the analysis were the conclusions that:

• The U.S. should execute a phased withdrawal from Syria that transitions to peacekeeping and development operations by allies in the region.
• The U.S. should urgently negotiate an agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to provide both economic development and military resources needed to create a protectorate in Sunni areas of Syria.
• The U.S. should negotiate an agreement with Turkey that mitigates their concerns about Kurdish expansion on their border and protects the People’s Protection Units’ (YPG) allies.
• The U.S. should facilitate an economic exchange of oil and other products from Syria.
• The U.S. should limit Russian and Iranian influence to only those areas already under control of the Assad regime.
• The Shiite Crescent envisioned by Iran must not be allowed to form across Syria.

On December 19, 2018, President Donald Trump announced that victory against ISIS had been achieved and ordered U.S. forces to withdraw from Syria.
The immediate question is: How will we move from political rhetoric to an exit strategy in Syria in the coming months?..."