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The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said amid uncertainty over America's planned exit from the war-battered nation. President Donald Trump last month claimed ISIS had been dUS begins withdrawing gear from Syria, but not troops
The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said amid uncertainty over America's planned exit from the war-battered nation. President Donald Trump last month claimed ISIS had been defeated in Syria and said all US troops were «coming back now.» But in the weeks since he gave the order, and the Pentagon began to implement it, Trump himself and members of his administration have delivered mixed messages about when a troop withdrawal may actually occur. Trump's national security advisor John Bolton on Sunday announced conditions for a withdrawal that appeared to delay it indefinitely. Adding to the confusion, a military spokesman said the US had already begun «the process of our deliberate withdrawal» from Syria. Late Friday, Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Sean Robertson said that Operation Inherent Resolve «is implementing the orderly withdrawal of forces from northeast Syria within a framework coordinated across the US government.» The withdrawal, Robertson said, "is based on operational conditions on the ground, including conversation with our allies and partners, and is not be subject to an arbitrary... Read more