Politico: The US currently has no plans to withdraw from Syria and Iraq

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the Politico website, citing five US government officials, reported that there is no imminent order from US President Joe Biden to withdraw from Iraq or Syria.

Furthermore, the Pentagon insists that Iraq has not asked the United States to withdraw from its territory.

On Thursday (Bahman 5), the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced an agreement with the US government following six months of negotiations with the US government to gradually reduce the forces of the so-called anti-ISIS coalition and said According to this agreement, the “fight against Daesh” mission that this coalition has defined for itself ends. And in order to increase the capacity and efficiency of the Iraqi forces, after 6 months of negotiations with the US government, which began in August 2023, with this country on the formation of the High Military Committee (HMC) to assess the threat and danger of ISIS and also determine the duration of the presence. The advisers of the international coalition led by the United States have reached an agreement. Despite this, the US Department of Defense, in a statement it published about the agreement with Iraq, called for the gradual reduction of the forces of the international coalition in this country. Iran’s neighbor has not mentioned.

Pentagon stated in its statement: “The United States of America and the Iraqi government will begin the meetings of the High Military Committee (HMC) working group in the coming days.” This action will be the beginning of the process that the two sides committed to during the joint dialogue on security cooperation between the United States and Iraq on August 7-8, 2023.

Iraq, it has been stated that the two sides have reached an agreement with the United States of America on the gradual reduction of the number of “international coalition advisors” and the end of the “mission to combat ISIS”. It will make it possible to move towards a “sustainable and bilateral security partnership” between the two sides. America in the region where they are needed more than elsewhere.

In this report, it is stated that the Biden administration is currently very careful not to say that it is withdrawing from Iraq.

Regarding Syria, three senior Biden administration officials confirmed that withdrawal consultations are underway.

However, they clarified that these consultations are part of routine planning regarding where the deployment of forces would be most beneficial, how long the deployment should last, and When should the exit, if any, take place?

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