US does not withdraw troops from Syria despite Assad threats

Periskopi

1 June 2018, 13:36(8 years ago)

US military troops will not leave Syria, and any attempts to oust them by force will be met with an armed response, an Pentagon official said, responding to President Bashar Assad's statements that were interviewed days earlier by a Russian media medium. “Every party interested in Syria [...]

“Every party interested in Syria should be understood as an attack on American forces and on our coalition partners”, General Kenneth McKenzie said during a press conference at the Pentagon, “reported. RT” Transmission Periscope.

More than 2,000 American troops have been deployed in Syria, supporting the Syrian military faction SDF that controls the enclaves of At-Tanfi in the south, and bordering Jordan.

We're here. Nothing will change”, he said. “Maintaining the deconfliction zone is important and we will look very seriously at any action that tries to change this”./Periscopi/

@thejointstaff Gen. McKenzie on #Syria :
•No timeline on I SIS/leaving
•Situation in Tanf “
•Value default Status w Russia
•Assad attacking SDF would be “bad police” https://t.co/Y7bv5sav5

) Joyce Karam ( @Joyce Karam) May 31, 2018