The US armed forces demolished their own airbase in Al-Hasakah province in northeast Syria before abandoning it and withdrawing troops, Syrian media reported on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended as "strategically brilliant" his decision to pull US troops out of Syria as the House of Representatives overwhelmingly condemned the move in a rare bipartisan rebuke.
Two US fighter jets conducted pre-planned airstrikes on Wednesday targeting an American munitions storage bunker in Syria to destroy munitions and other equipment left behind following the withdrawal of its troops from the country, United States defence officials said. Democratic presidential hopefuls denounced President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.
The Pentagon said Sunday President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of up to 1, troops from northern Syria -- almost the entire ground force in the war-torn country -- amid an intensifying Turkish assault on Kurdish forces.
Initial reports said the attack appeared to include two drone strikes and a small number of rockets. One official said one of the drone strikes hit the U. In a statement, Central Command spokesman Capt. Based on initial reports, the attack utilized both unmanned aerial systems and indirect fire. We continue to work with our partners to confirm whether they suffered any casualties as a result of this deliberate attack. It is the only position with a significant U.
How to forge a response to the chaos in Syria has bedeviled American officials since the civil war began. Aiming to shrink the American military presence in the region, former President Obama focused on providing humanitarian aid and on political negotiations aimed at removing Assad.
Obama approved covert military aid in hopes of creating a moderate Syrian rebel force as a counter to more militant fighters, a halfhearted effort that produced meager results. For Syrians, a bitter, blood-soaked decade. After Assad used sarin and other chemical agents against rebel-held areas in near Damascus, the capital, and in the northern province of Aleppo, Obama readied military retaliation against the government but canceled the attack shortly before it was due to begin.
When Islamic State emerged in , seizing a third of Syria and Iraq for its so-called caliphate, Obama rushed troops back to Iraq and approved airstrikes in Syria. Former President Trump pledged repeatedly to pull out after the near-total defeat of Islamic State in early He announced a withdrawal that December after a U. But the president backed down after Defense Secretary James N. Mattis resigned in protest and White House advisors warned that too fast a withdrawal would allow Islamic State to regroup.
Last year, Trump ordered the removal of U. But under Pentagon pressure, he later agreed to keep U. Melissa Cardona. Leaving Afghanistan under Trump deal could spur chaos, U. David S. Cloud covered the Pentagon, the military and other national issues from the Washington, D. In his year career, he has also worked at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, where he was a member of a team of reporters awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Sept 11, , terror attacks.
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