mo4ch:>US troop withdrawal from Syria has begun, military official confirms | Mo4ch News

The US has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria, according to wire reports that cite a spokesman for the US-led military coalition. Earlier, CNN reported that some American hardware had already been removed.Colonel Sean Ryan, spokesman for the US-led coalition purportedly formed to fight Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), said in a statement released to the media on Friday that the US had started “the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria.”US President Donald Trump declared on December 19 that IS has been defeated and there was no more need for American troops to remain in Syria. The troops were deployed without an invitation from Damascus or a mandate from the UN Security Council and were stationed predominantly in the Kurdish-controlled northeastern part of Syria.The announcement came amid complaints from US ally Turkey, which sees the Kurdish militias – the YPG in particular – as a national threat and vowed to attack them, unless they pull back from the Turkish border.…