America repeated the false excuse of occupying Syria – Mehr News agency RCO News Agency
According to RCO News Agency, US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin, in a conversation with Associated Press, repeated the claims of American officials for occupying Syria and not withdrawing Washington’s troops from this coury and looting Syria’s oil and underground wealth, claiming that the United States needs to protect forces in Syria to preve the return of threats from the terrorist group “ISIS”.
He said that this presence is especially necessary to ensure the security of Syrian deteion ceers, which include tens of thousands of former ISIS members and their families.
Austin, who was at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss military aid to Ukraine, added: “If Syria is left unguarded, I believe ISIS forces will return to their original activities.”
The US Departme of Defense (Peagon) also claimed in a stateme on Wednesday night: Our goal in Iraq and Syria is to preve ISIS from changing and regaining its power.
The Peagon also claimed to have attacked ceers belonging to the Yemeni armed forces.
The US Ministry of Defense claimed in a stateme that it targeted the Ceral Command of the Yemeni Armed Forces.
In the coinuation of the Peagon’s stateme, it was claimed: Hours ago, we bombed the ceral command and two facilities of the Houthis (Ansarullah) in Yemen.
Justifying the aggressive attacks on Yemen, the Peagon claimed: These attacks are part of our efforts to weaken the ability of the Houthis to threaten partners and ships in the region.
The Associated Press wrote: Estimates show that between 8,000 and 10,000 ISIS terrorists are still prese in these deteion ceers in Syria, and at least 2,000 of them are considered a serious threat.
During his first term in office in 2018, Donald Trump, the preside-elect of the United States, tried to withdraw all American forces from Syria; An action that led to the resignation of James Mattis, the then US Secretary of Defense.
However, last moh, while referring to the advance of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham forces against the Assad governme, Trump emphasized that the US military should stay out of the conflict in this crisis.
Currely, the US has about 2,000 soldiers in Syria; According to Washington officials, this figure is more than the official number of 900 people that was announced earlier.
These forces have been se to this coury since 2015, after the spread of ISIS over large areas of Syria.
