US Exiting Syria
White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders in a statement on Wednesday said that the Trump administration was withdrawing US troops from Syria to begin its next phase in the campaign against Daesh.
A senior US administration official told reporters in a conference call that US President Donald Trump informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the withdrawal of US forces from Syria but the two leaders did not discuss the decision.
The official also said despite the troop withdrawal the United States would not abandon efforts to counter Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iran.
“We will continue to robustly employ the broader tools that we have across the government to try to affect the behaviour of the Assad regime, of his Iranian enablers”, the official said on 19 December.
Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana White confirmed that the pullout of US forces from Syria had begun, and stressed that the US-led coalition's fight against Daesh is not over.
Neocons Enraged by Withdrawal of US Troops From Syria
Earlier on 19 December, Trump declared that the United States had defeated Daesh in Syria, adding that the terrorist group was the only reason that US troops were fighting in the Middle Eastern country during his presidency.
About 2,000 US troops are currently deployed in Syria as part of a campaign to defeat Daesh.
Russian Hopes for Political Solution
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said…
