US expects to retake last ISIS territories within few weeks: Defense official
US-backed forces will recapture the remaining Daesh territory in Syria within a couple of weeks, according to acting Defence Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan.
The “disciplined” US withdrawal from Syria is still in its early stages, the acting the defence secretary stated.
The statement comes after Pentagon spokesman Sean Robertson told Sputnik that the US troop numbers in Syria “will fluctuate” during the withdrawal process when he was asked to comment on reports that Washington had sent additional troops to the country.
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