{"id":1611360,"date":"2022-08-17T19:01:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T23:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611360"},"modified":"2022-08-17T19:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T23:02:29","slug":"syria-demands-u-s-troops-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syria-demands-u-s-troops-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Demands U.S. Troops Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsyria-demands-u-s-troops-leave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad\u2019s regime demanded on Wednesday that U.S. troops leave the country immediately. The Assad government has long-opposed the U.S. presence in Syria, but this new demand comes two days after a U.S. base in the country came under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inherentresolve.mil\/Home\/Article\/3128947\/attempted-rocket-attack-at-green-village-criticized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rocket attack.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xAh78VLakaQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALERT: Russia and China show off robot dogs with grenade launchers and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Foreign Ministry issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/mofaex.gov.sy\/ar\/news1931\/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%82%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A3%D9%88-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A3%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8D-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A3%D9%88-%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> saying, \u201cThe American side must immediately and unconditionally withdraw its military forces that are present on the territory of Syria illegally, refrain from stealing and smuggling Syrian oil and wheat, and lift the cover and protection for armed separatist groups and armed terrorist groups that are present in the illegal American military base \u2018Al-Tanf.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian Foreign Ministry also said the U.S. must \u201cput a final and unconditional end to the unilateral coercive measures imposed by successive U.S. administrations on the Syrian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian government did not specify any actions it could take if the U.S. refuses its demand, but the demand came two days after an Aug. 15 attack that saw rockets land near the U.S. military\u2019s Green Village base in northeastern Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also denied knowledge of Austin Tice, a U.S. Marine veteran and journalist who has been missing in Syria since Aug. 14, 2012. Tice\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/08\/decade-after-abduction-marine-vet-austin-tices-parents-say-biden-has-strategy-to-return-their-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parents said last week that President Joe Biden had a plan<\/a> to bring their son home.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian government said the U.S. \u201cmust admit before the families of American citizens that it is the one who encouraged them to travel to Syria and deal with armed terrorist groups under various pretexts without giving any weight to their security, safety and lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. and allied forces entered Syria in September 2014 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR). The official OIR mission is to counter the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) presence in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. launched the operation at the height of the ongoing Syrian civil war, which began in 2011. The U.S. has also supported Syrian rebel forces opposed to the Assad regime and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2017\/07\/trump-syria-assad-rebels-putin-cia\/534540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funneled weapons<\/a> to those rebels through a CIA-led operation called Timber Sycamore. <\/p>\n<p>The Assad government has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2019\/09\/syrian-diplomat-demands-us-withdraw-its-illegal-military-presence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demanded all U.S. troops leave Syria<\/a> and the U.S. was momentarily on track to do just that in 2019 under President Donald Trump. He ultimately reversed the withdrawal plans amid <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2019\/10\/sen-lindsey-graham-slams-trumps-syria-withdrawal-as-stain-on-americas-honor-and-big-win-for-isis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushback from Democrats and Republicans in Congress.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are currently about 900 U.S. troops still currently in Syria, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/syria-demands-us-withdraw-forces-immediately-after-rocket-strike-1734451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> Newsweek. Those U.S. forces are mostly split between their Al-Tanf Garrison in southern Syria and outposts near oil fields in the country\u2019s east.<\/p>\n<p>OIR did not appear to directly identify who was behind Monday\u2019s rocket attack, but said an Iran-backed militia force was responsible for a separate rocket attack on the base in January.<\/p>\n<p>Iran and Iran-backed militia forces have fought throughout the Syrian Civil War on the side of the Assad regime.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad\u2019s regime demanded on Wednesday that U.S. troops leave the country immediately. 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