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remain in Syria as Donald Trump fought il us to win backing for Arab army
Donald Trump is struggling to gain backing from Arab countries to form an
Arab military force to replace US troops in Syria fighting is is dear ailing his
plans to reduce American military presence in the region allies including
Saudi Arabia are skeptical about sending troops to Syria and contributing funds
in order to stabilize towns and cities liberated from is is without us support
according to senior US officials this is particularly the case for countries such
as Saudi Arabia which is already engaged militarily in Yemen a senior US official
involved in discussions said there is no serious appetite in the region to do
that much on the ground one thing is certain no other military particularly
from the region will enter Syria if we are not there in some capacity dot
president Trump has previously said we have asked our partners to take greater
responsibility for securing their home region including contributing larger
amounts of money a US administration official confirmed this statement saying
Saudi Arabia Qatar and the UAE have all been approached with respect to
financial support and more broadly to contribute Saudi Arabia's foreign
minister Adel Joe Bayer also confirmed that his government has been in
discussion with Washington since the beginning of the Syrian crisis about
sending forces into Syria there are currently around two thousand US troops
in eastern Syria who are working alongside local fighters to defeat
localized pockets of is is militants in towns and rural strongholds along the
Euphrates River dot President Trump has signaled that he desires US troops to be
removed very soon despite fears of Iran's growing influence in the region
there are concerns that the u.s. may become trapped in Syria's multi-sided
Civil War and landed with the job of controlling is is in the long-term
but this runs the risk of creating rifts in the Trump administration as top US
officials are warning the White House that a hasty withdrawal from Syria could
repeat the mistakes made by President Obama when he withdrew forces from Iraq
in December 2011 Marine General Joseph Dunford chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff said we learned that the Iraqi forces were incapable of providing
security inside the country and that gave the enemy an opportunity to
research that's where really is is had the space to grow
offense secretary James and mattis reaffirmed this statement stating that
the US would probably regret not leaving troops in Syria in order to train local
security forces to prevent the resurgence of is is he also said we have
to create local forces that can keep the pressure on any attempt by is is to try
to regenerate the Pentagon is reportedly developing plans to continue airstrikes
and special operations against is is in Syria while allowing us ground troops to
withdraw US officials said this would reassure Arab allies that the US would
not leave them unprotected in the region and would contribute to the
stabilization of the country despite the withdrawal of ground troops thanks for
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