{"id":181687,"date":"2019-01-06T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T13:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181687"},"modified":"2019-01-09T05:13:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T05:13:39","slug":"some-us-troops-could-remain-in-syria-trump-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181687","title":{"rendered":"Some US troops could remain in Syria, Trump official says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction \u2013 Jan 6, 2019<\/h1>\n

It looks increasingly like U.S. troops will STAY in Syria. Firstly because the REAL reason for U.S. intervention in Syria was not ISIS (otherwise known as Daesh, ISIL or Islamic State). The real reason was to counter growing Iranian influence in the region and John Bolton virtually says as much below.<\/h5>\n
The Iranian presence remains so U.S. troops will stay.<\/h5>\n
Apart from reassurance however, Bolton\u2019s visit to Israel is also intended to convey U.S. support for Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria. Put that together with reports that the U.S. has been sending large military convoys to eastern Syria<\/a><\/span> and we would suggest that U.S. troops are not going to be leaving the country anytime soon. Ed.<\/h5>\n

Some US troops could remain in Syria, Trump official says<\/h1>\n

The Guardian \u2013 Jan 5, 2019<\/h2>\n
\"Some<\/a>

Trump said in December that US troops had succeeded in their mission to defeat Isis and were no longer needed in Syria. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

The US could leave some troops at a key military outpost in southern Syria<\/a>, a Trump administration official told reporters on Saturday, despite the president\u2019s controversial decision to withdraw all troops from the war-racked country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The official spoke to reporters traveling with John Bolton on a four-day trip to Israel and Turkey. The national security adviser, the official said, intended to discuss with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish president Recip Tayyip Erdogan the pace of the US withdrawal, as well as American troop levels in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolton was expected to explain that some US troops based in Syria to fight Islamic State will shift to Iraq with the same mission and that some US forces may remain at a key military outpost in al-Tanf, in southern Syria, to counter growing Iranian activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolton also was to convey the message that the US will be \u201cvery supportive\u201d of Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, according to the official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss Bolton\u2019s plans before the meetings and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump said in December US troops had succeeded in their mission to defeat Isis militants and were no longer needed in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The announcement, which took officials in Washington and allies abroad by surprise, contributed to Jim Mattis\u2019s decision to resign as defense secretary and prompted concern that Isis could stage a comeback and that Turkey might seize a chance to attack Kurdish fighters allied with the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, Bolton himself warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending US withdrawal as an invitation to use chemical weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is absolutely no change in the US position against the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime and absolutely no change in our position that any use of chemical weapons would be met by a very strong response, as we\u2019ve done twice before,\u201d Bolton told reporters shortly before landing in Tel Aviv.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo the regime, the Assad regime, should be under no illusions on that question,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump has twice bombed Syria over the government\u2019s alleged use of chemical weapons, in April 2017 and April 2018. In September a senior US official said there was evidence showing chemical weapons were being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than half a million people have died during the Syrian war and 11 million have been forced to flee their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolton said he was not suggesting Syria appeared ready to use chemical weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs we elaborate how the withdrawal is going to occur and the circumstances, we don\u2019t want the Assad regime to see what we do as representing any diminution in our opposition to the use of weapons of mass destruction,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

If chemical weapons were to be used, \u201ca lot of options would be on the table \u2026 if they don\u2019t heed the lessons of those two strikes the next one will be more telling,\u201d Bolton said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joining Bolton in Turkey will be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Joseph Dunford. In meetings with Erdogan, and other officials, they are expected to warn against any offensive targeting the Kurdish fighters in Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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