The US military, deployed from Syria to Iraq, will be relocated to Qatar or Kuwait within a month. This was announced on Wednesday, October 23, Iraqi Minister of Defense Najah al-Shamari, reports Al-Sumaria TV channel.
“US troops withdrawn from Syria will leave Iraq in four weeks,” he said.
“They will go to Kuwait or Qatar,” he said.
As reported, today with an unannounced visit to Baghdad arrived the head of the PentagonMark Esper. He planned to discuss with al-Shamari, as well as with Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, the process of withdrawal of American troops from Syria.
Recall, October 9, Turkey announced the operation in the north of Syria, the operation “Source of Peace”, which is currently suspended.
On October 13, the head of Esper said that the United States began withdrawing about a thousand US troops from northern Syria due to the advance of Turkey.
Later, the forces of the US-led international coalition completely eliminated their military base, located in the area of the city of Kobani, and also left the cities of Raqqa and Tabka in the north-east of the country.