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US Mulled Sending More Troops to Syria Before Trump's Call to Leave – Reports
US Mulled Sending More Troops to Syria Before Trump's Call to Leave – Reports
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According to CNN, citing several US defense and administration officials, the Pentagon had been discussing the deployment of additional troops to northern... 03.04.2018, Sputnik International
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US Mulled Sending More Troops to Syria Before Trump's Call to Leave – Reports
12:04 GMT 03.04.2018 (Updated: 16:36 GMT 08.12.2022) According to CNN, citing several US defense and administration officials, the Pentagon had been discussing the deployment of additional troops to northern Syria.
The media outlet reported that the US military had been working on plans to dispatch dozens of troops to Syria before President Donald Trump announced that the United States would "be coming out of Syria, like, very soon," letting others take care of it.
READ MORE: Why Trump's Pledge to Pull Out of Syria as Unreal as Macron's Vow to Step In
A National Security Council meeting is allegedly set for Tuesday, with fighting Daesh* and the presence of the estimated 2,000 US troops in war-weary Syria on the agenda.
On March 29, Trump made a surprise remark on withdrawing from Syria, appearing to contradict previous comments by his administration, including senior Pentagon and State Department officials, saying that American troops would maintain an open-ended presence in Syria.
Since 2014 Washington has been leading a coalition of allies fighting against Daesh without either a UN mandate or the Syrian government’s authorization. Damascus has consistently called the US military presence in the country “illegal.”
*Daesh, also known as ISIL/ISIS/IS, a terrorist group banned in Russia and many other countries
