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    Syria conflict: US officials withdraw troops after IS 'defeat'




    Article was just now slightly edited, but the same story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46623617


    The White House has confirmed US troops are being withdrawn from Syria, after President Trump said the Islamic State (IS) group had been "defeated" there.

    Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said the US troops had already begun to return home.

    Some 2,000 troops have helped rid much of north-eastern Syria of IS, but pockets of fighters remain.

    It is thought defence officials wanted to maintain a US presence to ensure IS did not rebuild.

    There are also fears it will cede influence in Syria and the wider region to Russia and Iran.

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    The statement from Ms Sanders said: "We have started returning United States troops home as we transition to the next phase of this campaign".

    She did not give details of what that campaign might be, but said the US and its allies stood "ready to re-engage at all levels to defend American interests whenever necessary, and we will continue to work together to deny radical Islamist terrorists territory, funding, support and any means of infiltrating our borders".

    The Pentagon has so far refused to comment, but Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who sits on the armed services committee, called it a "huge Obama-like mistake".

    Just a few days ago, Brett McGurk, Mr Trump's special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat IS, suggested American troops were not going anywhere. "Nobody is saying that [IS fighters] are going to disappear. Nobody is that naive. So we want to stay on the ground and make sure that stability can be maintained in these areas," he said.

    But President Trump promised earlier this year that US troops would leave Syria "very soon".

    The confirmation of the withdrawal comes after Turkey said it was preparing to launch an operation against a US-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria, something that risks confrontation with the US.

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    Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent

    President Trump's decision reverses the official lines of both the Pentagon and the State Department and it places Washington's Kurdish allies in greater jeopardy.

    US ground operations in north-eastern Syria involve some 2,000 troops, maybe more, and a network of bases and air strips has been established. But to what strategic end?

    IS is well on the way to being defeated. Syria's President Assad remains in place. If the goal now is to contain Iran or Russia's rising influence in the region then 2,000 troops strung out across a vast swathe of territory may be too small a force to do this.

    Their presence though does give the US "skin in the game". And many will see this decision as yet another indication of the chaos and uncertainty surrounding US policy towards this crucial region.

    What is the US presence?
    US troops have largely been stationed in the Kurdish region in northern Syria.

    The partnership with Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters (the Syrian Democratic Forces) is credited with virtually eliminating IS after it overran large swathes of Syria four years ago, imposing a brutal rule on almost eight million people across Iraq and Syria.

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    However, the militant group has not disappeared entirely. A recent US report said there were still as many as 14,000 IS militants in Syria and even more in neighbouring Iraq - and there is a fear they will shift to guerrilla tactics in an attempt to rebuild their network.

    But the partnership between the US and the Kurds has enraged neighbouring Turkey, which views Kurdish YPG forces - the main fighting force in the SDF - as an extension of a banned Kurdish group fighting for autonomy in Turkey.

    On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country might soon start a new military operation against the YPG in Syria.

    Mr Erdogan added that he had discussed his plan with Mr Trump by telephone and that he had given a "positive response".

    In addition to the northern deployment, US forces are also helping fight IS in the last pocket of territory it controls in the south-east of the country.
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    Finally something good that Trump does.
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    Lol... this is just a joke, they will never leave syria... NEVER

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    He does good all the time
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    Quote Originally Posted by Westbrook View Post
    He does good all the time
    No, he's been a terrible president so far doing the establishment's bidding.
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    The establishment huh. What do they say about "the establishment" in Albania friend?
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    The establishment huh. What do they say about "the establishment" in Albania friend?
    The establishment is everywhere. They are anti-populist, and believe in corruption and corporatism as an ideology. They are everywhere.
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    The Pentagon has so far refused to comment, but Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who sits on the armed services committee, called it a "huge Obama-like mistake".
    Zip it, "Lindsey".

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