Pentagon withdrawal order for US troops from Syria 'signed'
Monday 24/December/2018 - 01:17 PM
The Pentagon has said the order for the withdrawal
of US troops from Syria has been signed following President Donald Trump’s
December 19 announcement setting out plans for a full pullout, US media are
reporting.
"The execute order for Syria has been
signed," a spokesperson for the US military said late on December 23
without offering further details.
CNN said a defense official confirmed to it that the
order had been signed, and it quoted another official as saying outgoing Defense
Secretary James Mattis signed it.
Trump in a Twitter video posting on December 19
declared that "we have won" against Daesh terror group operating in
Syria and made the surprise announcement he was bringing home all US forces
from the war-torn country.
