Trump Repeats Call for Withdrawal of Troops from Syria

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US President Donald Trump has confirmed his intention to pull the country’s troops from Syria, explaining that the US military presence on Syria’s soil has benefited other countries more than Washington itself, according to Sputnik.

“Our primary mission in terms of that was getting rid of ISIS [Daesh]. We’ve almost completed that task and we’ll be making a decision very quickly in coordination with others, as to what we’ll do. Saudi Arabia is very interested in our decision,” Trump stated during a press conference with the heads of the three Baltic states. “I want to get out. I want to bring our troops home.”

 the Russian agency said that Trump specified that he would consult with the US-led coalition allies on the military withdrawal, aimed, as he claimed, to rebuild the US.

US media reported on Friday that Trump has ordered the suspension of more than $200 million in the so-called “funds for recovery efforts in Syria”.

The statement follows Trump’s previous announcement, made on March 29, pledging to allow a United States’ withdrawal from Syria “very soon” and “let the other people take care of it” instead. Trump’s surprising decision contradicted previous comments coming from his administration, including senior Pentagon and State Department officials, saying that American troops would maintain an open-ended presence in Syria.

However, a contradictory position has been voiced in response to this statement by Bret McGurk, Trump’s special envoy to the US-led coalition, who stated that the coalition’s mission in Syria is not over and the US would stay in the country until the terrorist group is defeated.

“In terms of our campaign in Syria, we are in Syria to fight ISIS [Daesh],” McGurk said during remarks at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. “That is our mission and that mission isn’t over and we are going to complete that mission.”    

The US has been maintaining a military presence on Syrian soil since 2014, leading an illegal coalition of allies under the pretext of fighting Daesh, without either a UN mandate or the Syrian government’s authorization.

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