Pentagon chief Mark Esper visits Iraq as US quits northern Syria

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Pentagon chief visits Iraq as US quits northern Syria

BAGHDAD - Pentagon chief Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad for talks on Wednesday as Washington pulled out its remaining troops from northern Syria through Iraq.

Iraq's high command said on Tuesday that"no authorisation has been given for these troops to remain on Iraqi soil". On the previous leg of his tour in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Esper said the redeploying troops would stay in Iraq "temporarily" before returning to the United States. "Then we'll have another phase that will draw all the forces out. We will temporarily position in Iraq before bringing the troops home. They will be coming home," Esper said in an interview with CNN.

 

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