Politico: US troops will not withdraw from Iraq and Syria anytime soon
On Friday morning, the American website Politico, presenting a report entitled “American troops will not leave Iraq and Syria any time soon,” wrote: “The possibility that US President Joe Biden will order the withdrawal of his troops from Syria and Iraq is impossible in the near future.” .
Quoting five officials there who asked not to be named, Politico reported that the possibility of Biden ordering a troop withdrawal from those countries was not imminent, and the Pentagon also said Iraq had not asked for a withdrawal of U.S. forces. Politico adds that there is a debate within the US government as a whole about where the country's strength is most needed. The Biden administration is very careful not to say that America will leave Iraq. Also, three senior Biden administration officials confirmed that there are requests to withdraw from Syria, but that is part of routine discussions about where US forces are most useful, how long their mission should last and when they should leave the country. On July 26 last year, Baghdad and Washington agreed to withdraw US combat forces from Iraq by the end of this year, leaving only a few to advise and train Iraqi troops. American troops entered Iraq for the second time in 2014. Under this pretext, America sent 3,000 soldiers in the form of an international coalition against ISIS, 2,500 of whom were Americans. Following Baghdad's declaration of victory over ISIS, the people and government of Iraq stressed the need for the withdrawal of foreign troops. The focus on ousting the US intensified when the US killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC's Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Organization.
