CSIS’s Will Todman addresses the implications of a U.S. withdrawal from the Turkish border in northeast Syria.

The U.S. cannot ignore the need to deal with the facts of the Khashoggi murder, but the last few weeks have been a warning of a far broader problem. 

At this point, there is no way to avoid a long and painful effort to determine all the facts surrounding Khashoggi's death and establish the level of responsibility for all of the Saudis involved.

A spasm of reporting on Khashoggi, and a flood of OP-EDs dumping on Saudi Arabia – followed by a lack of in depth coverage of the problem – is no memorial to someone who seems to have died for trying to speak the truth.

Much is at stake for the United States, and it must take a new strategic approach to the region or risk losing influence for the foreseeable future.

President Erdogan warned that “by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the U.S. has taken the risk of losing its allies.”