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FARSNEWS2018/12/19
US Official Says Washington Preparing for Full Withdrawal from Syria, Trump Implicitly
TEHRAN (FNA)- Planning is underway for a "full" and "rapid" withdrawal of American troops from Syria, a US defense official told CNN on Wednesday, despite setting up military bases in the Arab country and Turkish imminent military operation against Washington-backed Kurdish militias.

The official added that the decision was made by US President Donald Trump.

Earlier today, The Wall Street Journal had reported that the US military was preparing to withdraw its forces from Northeastern Syria in a move that throws the American strategy in the Middle East into turmoil, citing "people familiar with the matter".

"US officials began informing partners in Northeastern Syria of their plans to begin immediately pulling American forces out of the region where they have been trying to wrap up the campaign against Islamic State, the people noted," WSJ said.

Later in the day, President Trump confirmed the revelation, claiming that "we have defeated ISIS (ISIL or Daesh) in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency".

Yet, US media are sending mixed signals of the overal plan as some say the retreat is confined to Northeastern Syria, while some others say this will be a complete pullout.

American officials have been sending mixed signals over Washington's Syria policy since Trump took office in 2016.

In late March, Trump stated that the US would be "coming out of Syria very soon" and letting "other people take care of it now", which went against previously-outlined plans by the Pentagon and the State Department to keep troops in Syria to "support our partners", "prevent the return of terrorist groups" and transition to a "post-(Bashar) Assad leadership".

But days later, Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley announced that the US would not pull its troops out of Syria until its goals were accomplished there.

Also in mid-April, the White House said Trump wanted to bring troops back from Syria as soon as possible, but not before their goals were fulfilled, as Washington had some 2,000 troops and a number of military contractors acting in the war-torn country.

In early May, in one of the strongest signs a full US withdrawal was unlikely anytime soon, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Washington and its allies would not want to pull troops out of Syria before diplomats won peace.

White House National Security Adviser John Bolton said in late September that the US would keep a military presence in Syria until Iran withdrew its forces.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The US-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against what are claimed to be Daesh targets inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.

ConfirmedRT2018/12/19
Trump says ‘we have defeated ISIS’ amid reports of US withdrawal from Syria
Donald Trump has tweeted that ISIS has been defeated amid reports that Washington is planning to “rapidly” pull out all its troops from Syria.

The decision was allegedly taken by President Donald Trump himself, who had repeatedly expressed his intent to get out of the Arab Republic earlier. However, the Pentagon apparently opposes the move. The potential withdrawal would upend assumption about the long-term US presence in the war-ravaged country, which was particularly backed by the Defense Secretary James Mattis.

The schedule, as well as the details of the alleged withdrawal, are yet unknown. While the Pentagon and the White House did not issue any official statements on the issue, Trump said in a Twitter post that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), which he called "the only reason for [the US troops] being there [in Syria],” has been defeted, apparently signaling that there was no reason for the US to stay on the ground in Syria any longer.

According to some reports, the withdrawal might primarily affect the US troops on the ground working together with an alliance of Arab and Kurdish militias, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The US has a total of 2,000 servicemen there, who are particularly involved in training the local militias. The news come as the SDF are reportedly on the verge of retaking one of the terrorist group’s last major strongholds – the town of Hajin, located east of the Euphrates.

However, even after the withdrawal, the US would still maintain a sizeable presence in the neighboring Iraq, with some 5,200 troops stationed just across the Syrian border. The aircraft of the US-led coalition – the primary tool of Washington and its allies in the Syrian conflict – will also still be able to continue their air raids flying out of Qatar and other bases in the Middle East.

Washington’s decision also comes days after the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the US to make its Kurdish allies withdraw from the town of Manbij, located west of the Euphrates, in the northeastern Syria.

Ankara considers Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries as an extension of the Turkey-based anti-government guerrillas and brands the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia as terrorists. Erdogan threatened to order his troops to storm the town if the US fails to fulfill his demand. Last week, he announced plans to launch a military operation in the Kurdish areas “within days.”

In early December, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford complained that the US lacks trained local fighters on the ground to “provide stability” to Syria.

Trump made an announcement that the US would be leaving Syria “very soon” back in March and never officially walked it back.

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米軍は、新生ロシア軍とイラン軍とシリアの政府軍に敗北してシリアから撤退を開始しました。今米軍は、ボロボロです。冷戦後米軍は、750兆円使い中東に軍事介入して完全に中東地域を支配してきました。ソ連を潰すときは、700兆円使い勝利しましたが中東地域では米国の敗北が始まりました。この変化は、国際政治に大きな影響をあたえます。

Posted by 西　亨 at 2018年12月20日 09:30