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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Capitol on October 16, 2019. REUTERS / Carlos Jasso

The leader of the Republican majority in the Senate spoke Friday night on the announced withdrawal of US troops in a column published by the Washington Post .

" Withdrawing US forces from Syria is a serious strategic mistake ." This is the position of Mitch McConnell, who is used to supporting President Trump. " This will leave the American people and their territory less secure, embolden our enemies and weaken important alliances, " writes the leader of the Republican majority in the US Senate in a column published Friday night in the Washington Post .

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This is not the first time the Republican criticizes the US President's decision to withdraw troops from northeastern Syria. An announcement that coincided with Turkey's launch on 9 October of the offensive against the Kurds in the north of the country.

A decision that "regresses" the fight against the group EI

According to him, " the combination of an American withdrawal and the escalation of Turkish-Kurdish hostilities creates a strategic nightmare for our country ". He believes that " the events of the past week have reduced the campaign of the United States against the Islamic State and other terrorists ." The Kurds of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were the allies of the United States in the fight against the IS organization.

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Mitch McConnell does not hesitate to compare the situation with Barack Obama's decision to withdraw from Iraq. " We saw the Islamic State prosper in Iraq after the withdrawal of President Barack Obama," he warns. We will see this again in Syria and Afghanistan if we abandon our partners and withdraw from these conflicts before we win . "

(with AFP)