Both US politicians and international allies fear the withdrawal is premature and would further destabilise the already devastated region

Fears of a shutdown — which could send thousands of federal employees home without pay just before Christmas — helped send US stocks tumbling

Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder but does not want to listen to it himself

The military deployment is set to wrap up December 15 and it is not clear what will become of the wire fencing