The Trump administration’s plan to withdraw American troops from Syria could take several months to implement, US officials told ABC News Friday, stressing that an exact time frame has not yet been agreed.
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according to ABC, the pace of withdrawal could actually be far slower, appearing to confirm the president’s statement during a surprise trip to Iraq on Wednesday when he said there would be a "strong, deliberate and orderly withdrawal" of US forces from Syria, where they have been helping battle Islamic State
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Officials told ABC that the withdrawal plan will be carefully executed to ensure the safety of all US personnel, as well as the removal of all military hardware from the country.
Officials said US and coalition aircraft will carry out
s and provide air support for US troops during the withdrawal, but it was not made clear whether the strikes would continue after the pullout.The president this week defended his decision to pull the troops out, saying that it is because of US military gains that he can withdraw 2,000 forces from Syria.
"We’re no longer the suckers, folks," Trump told American servicemen and women at a base in western Iraq. "We’re respected again as a nation."
"I made it clear from the beginning that our mission in Syria was to strip ISIS of its military strongholds," Trump told troops clad in fatigues at al-Asad Airbase west of Baghdad.
"Eight years ago, we went there for three months and we never left," he said. "Now, we’re doing it right and we’re going to finish it off."
"It’s not fair when the burden is all on us," he said. "We don’t want to be taken advantage of any more by countries that use us and use our incredible military to protect them. They don’t pay for it and they’re going to have to."
"We are spread out all over the world. We are in countries most people haven’t even heard about. Frankly, it’s ridiculous," he added.
Trump told reporters he had overruled generals asking to extend the Syria deployment, where about 2,000 US forces, joined by other foreign troops, assist local fighters battling the Islamic State jihadist group.
"You can’t have any more time. You’ve had enough time," he said he told the top brass.
For Israel, the pullout leaves it without a staunch ally in the fight against Iran in Syria and potentially opens the door for the Islamic Theocratic
Republicto create a so-called "land bridge" from Iran, through Iraq and Syria, into Leb and the Mediterranean Sea.
Until now, American troops have been stationed in northeastern Syria, along the Iraqi border, blocking such a corridor, through which Iran could more easily distribute advanced weapons and technology throughout the region, especially to its Lebanese client the Hezbollah terrorist army.