US Started Returning Troops Home From Syria – White House
- Finally, Trump keeping his words about getting out of Syria.
- US Started Returning Troops Home From Syria – White House
by https://sputniknews.com/
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Earlier on Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the US military was preparing to withdraw all of its forces from northeastern Syria.
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The United States is moving on to the next phase in its campaign in Syria against the Daesh* terrorist group, and will continue to work with its allies to fight the radical group, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in statement on Wednesday.
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“We have started returning United States troops home as we transition to the next phase of this campaign,” Sanders said. “The United States and our allies stand 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.”
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Following the announcement, the US official stated that in 24 hours, all US State Department staff will be evacuated from Syria adding that it is expected that the troops will return home within 60 to 100 days.
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Later in the day, the Department of Defence confirmed the pullout of US forces from Syria, without providing any further details due to security reasons, chief spokesperson Dana White said in a statement to Sputnik.
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“We have started the process of returning US troops home from Syria as we transition to the next phase of the campaign,” White said, referring to the campaign against the Daesh terror group. “For force protection and operational security reasons we will not provide further details.”
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The move comes after US President Donald Trump said earlier in the day in a Twitter statement that the Daesh terrorist group has been defeated in Syria, adding that this was the only reason for the United States to be in the Middle Eastern country during his presidency.
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