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US President Donald Trump has agreed to gradually pull US troops out of Syria over a period of about four months, according to US media reports.
Reports indicated that Trump told the commander of US forces in Iraq and Syria, Lt. Gen. Paul LaCamera, that the military could have several months to complete a safe and orderly withdrawal.
Trump confirmed on Twitter that troops would “slowly” be withdrawn.
“If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero,” Trump wrote.
“ISIS is mostly gone, we’re slowly sending our troops back home to be with their families, while at the same time fighting ISIS remnants.”
On Monday, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said that the impromptu announcement of the US withdrawal from Syria caused a lot of questions.
Trump had earlier stunned allies by abruptly announcing that the 2,000 US troops in Syria were ready to leave.
Source: Asharq Al-Awsat.