“The withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria continues. We are talking about weeks, not about days ... The current plan is to relocate these forces to western Iraq, ”TASS quoted him as saying.
The US Secretary of Defense said that about 1 thousand people will participate in the transfer.
On October 7, American leader Donald Trump, speaking about the situation in Syria, said that the time had come for the United States to "get out of endless wars" and return its soldiers home.
On October 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that the United States was playing a “dangerous game” in the situation with Syria, which could stir up the entire region.
* “Islamic State” (ISIS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.