US top envoy in anti-Daesh fight resigns: Reports

By Umar Farooq

WASHINGTON (AA) - The U.S. special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat Daesh has submitted his resignation, CBS News reported Saturday.

Brett McGurk's resignation will take effect from Dec. 31. He has served the post for three years.

The envoy had originally planned to leave his post in 2019 but decided to accelerate his resignation over strong disagreements with President Donald Trump over the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, the news channel reported quoting anonymous sources.

McGurk had sent in his resignation on Friday, a day after James Mattis, the former defense secretary, resigned saying his views were not aligned with the president.