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US Senate Votes to Expand Sanctions on Syria, Condemns Troop Withdrawal Call

© AP Photo / Andreea AlexandruA serviceman of the "Fighting Eagles" 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, walks on a tank that arrived via train to the US base in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Five hundred U.S. troops began to arrive in a Black Sea port in Romania with tanks and hardware to bolster defense in this East European NATO nation.
A serviceman of the Fighting Eagles 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, walks on a tank that arrived via train to the US base in Mihail Kogalniceanu, eastern Romania, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Five hundred U.S. troops began to arrive in a Black Sea port in Romania with tanks and hardware to bolster defense in this East European NATO nation. - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Senate voted on Tuesday to expand economic sanctions on Syria and to condemn President Donald Trump for announcing a full US troop withdrawal from that country, passing Bill S.1 by 77 votes to 23.

The measure was approved by a veto-proof majority of at least 67 votes or two-thirds of the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.

This Saturday, April. 29, 2017 still taken from video, shows an American soldier standing on an armored vehicle in the northern village of Darbasiyah, Syria - Sputnik International
US Senate Passes Amendment Opposing Plans to Exit Syria, Afghanistan
Previous day, the Senate passed a non-binding amendment opposing Trump’s plans for a quick withdrawal of forces from Syria and Afghanistan by a large bipartisan majority.

READ MORE: Claims Daesh Will Surge in Syria After US Leaves Just ‘Pentagon Scare-Mongering’

Earlier, the bill to approve funding for Israel, cooperation with Jordan and continue US support for opposition groups in Syria the Senate invoked cloture but did not pass the bill.

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