Pentagon chief says US troops leaving Syria for western Iraq

will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence.

The developments made clear that one of President Donald Trump’s rationales for withdrawing troops from Syria was not going to come to pass any time soon. “It’s time to bring our soldiers back home,” Trump said Wednesday. But they are not coming home. Trump ordered the bulk of the approximately 1,000 U.S. troops in Syria to withdraw after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear in a phone call that his forces were about to invade Syria to push back Kurdish forces that Turkey considers terrorists.

Esper said he will talk with other allies at a NATO meeting in the coming week to discuss the way ahead for the counter-IS mission. While he acknowledged reports of intermittent fighting despite the cease-fire agreement, he said that overall it “generally seems to be holding. We see a stability of the lines, if you will, on the ground.”

ceasefire between the United States and the Republic of Turkey. BarisPinariHarekati the operation will continue where it left off, If the U.S. Legionnaires (PKK/YPG/SGD) doesn't withdraw.

Why would they need to run counterterrorism missions into Syria if Isis is 100% defeated and both the Kurds and the Turks are keeping them locked up together? Or has trump lied yet again?

Has Turkey infiltrated U.S. government through high-ranking officials like Flynn?

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I wonder if the Kurds will help with these CT missions in Syria?

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Will they have to collect seashells before they leave?

But I thought Trump was bringing the troops home. Do you mean he lied at his creepy cult rallies? Say it ain’t so. Shocking

Sounds like lack of plan and risk for the troops. I would be interested to know, why this hurry, where one risks even the security of the troops.🤔

Do you see some signs that troops are being withdrawn from Syria? Why should they go to Iraq

I see Alexander the Great, son of Olympia footprint in Babylonia.

no one will trust America again

Battle field genius fighting terrorism via seat of pants strategy without using military advisers nor having any personal experience serving in any military branch .No concept of battle buddy loyalty and weak on supporting allies.

Can't use the excuse Trump is bringing the Troops home anymore can we Trumpturds.

Trump. ' we saved the oil' ie Syrian oil..ie with American troops staying in Syria. Saved the oil for whom?

“Why work out the details now when we can just say we will work them out later?” —George Washington as he was crossing the Delaware River

So he can protect Saudi Arabia.

Gotta spend that sweet defense cash or you may not get another budget increase next year.

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I thought he was bringing them home, another lie by Trump

Planning on the fly.

When u need to do the ethnic cleansing

mel75801 'counterterorism missions into Syria' Hahaha! What a joke! They are real bandits!

Going after ISIS that had been let loose by TheChosenOne🤬 TrumpBetrayedTheKurds TrumpIsAnInternationalDisgrace

Wouldn't it have been more cost effective to stay in Syria, support our Kurdish allies, stop genocide and keep ISIS prisoners in prison? But then I'm not a stable genius like cadet-bone-spurs or MoscowMitch

“Endless wars” he said “Bringing then home” he said. More lies.

Abandoning allies is unAmerican, it’s Russian.

Trump lies again. 'I campaigned on bringing our soldiers back home, and that's what I'm doing.' 10/16/19

this was not about end endless war or sending soldiers home, the soldiers will stay in ME. It was just about betrayal and bowing to turkish massacres interests. Shameful and support war crimes in ME

Our U.S. Defense Sec. says U.S. troops are leaving Syria for Iraq and doesn't rule out possible missions into Syria, but says the details will be WORKED OUT LATER? After the catastrophe Trump created in Syria, it's outrageous that they still don't have a plan. Unacceptable!!!

realDonaldTrump your troop have not came back you liar, you just committed a war crime against Kurds

Soooo what happened to, bringing them HOME!!!

But what about bringing them home?

so not home?

So the whole Trump excuse that we were bringing the 1000 troops home was a lie. Their going to Iraq. Trump betrayed our Kurdish allies causing their slaughter, the dishonoring of the US, the release of ISIS Prisoners, and a Syrian/Turkey conflict. Can anyone find a 'win' here?

Iraq is a better place to look for the rebirth of ISIS, anyway.

So they are NOT coming home? Wasn’t that the PROMISE - that the troops were coming home from the “endless war” - yet another LIE.

The fuckery abounds.

We have a defense secretary... Didn't think anyone would want that job...at least under Trump

So much for the “bringing the troops home” With the Saudi deployment, trump is adding troops to the Middle East

Hey Iraq, can we park our 'boys' in your yard for a while?

Sooooo.... not home?

We are a country that no longer has a mission statement

Displaced ppl, displaced soldiers.. All bad news

So much for BRINGING THE TROOPS HOME

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