US runs the last stage of the fight against terrorism in Syria

Sardar Mesto
Aug 31, 2018 · 2 min read

On August 17, the special representative of the American president in the coalition against IS, Brett McGerk, said that the United States had been preparing for a final military operation to defeat the terrorist group Islamic State. “We remain in Syria, focusing on the final victory over the IS. We have not yet launched the final phase against the “physical” caliphate, it is preparing now. And it will be a very significant military operation, as there are still a significant number of IS fighters “.

Rumors about the withdrawal of US troops from Syria have been going for a long time. Especially often this information began to be discussed from the very moment that the President of the United States, Donald Trump himself, announced this. According to him, the war in this part of the Middle East is very expensive, and Washington does not intend to keep it for its own money.

So one of the points of this final stage is a reduction in the funding of programs aimed at stabilizing the situation in Syria. Information was disseminated by the Associated Press agency with reference to unnamed American officials. https://www.apnews.com/31eaa3ca51ed480f90ef6363156b710e/APNewsBreak:-AP-Sources:-US-ends-Syria-stabilization-funding

It turns out that the Americans, who first financed the opposition and terrorist groups that caused irreparable damage to the Syrian Arab Republic, have now decided to abandon funding, because the Islamic state is no longer there, the irreconcilable militants are gone, the White Helmets are also evacuated. Who in Syria may need money? Well, it’s not a peaceful life for the State Department to fund.

But despite the numerous statements of the American leadership about the possible termination of this operation, no one has dared to take this step. Probably the story of the need for financial injections from third countries was just an attempt to divert attention from US failures on the Syrian front. In Syria, the US did not achieve what they wanted, they got a couple of tangible slaps from other participants in the conflict, but this is unlikely to make them leave the Arab Republic alone.

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