QAMISHLI: US forces that led the coalition against the IS group will complete their withdrawal from Syria within a month, three sources said on Monday, as they began leaving a major base. The withdrawal comes as Syria's government expanded its control to the country's northeast, previously controlled by US-allied Kurdish forces, and formally joined the coalition against IS.
American forces have already withdrawn from two other bases in the past two weeks, Al Tanf in the southeast and Shadadi in the northeast. "Within a month, they will have withdrawn from Syria and there will no longer be any military presence in the bases," a Syrian government official said.
The United States began withdrawing on Monday from a major base in a northeastern region still under the control of Kurdish forces, which agreed last month to integrate their institutions with Damascus. A diplomat from a country allied with both the United States and Syria said the withdrawal should be completed within 20 days. The US may still carry out airstrikes in Syria from other bases in the region, he said. — AFP
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