US Secretary of Defense: The withdrawal decision is a tactical change

ARK News: The US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan Launched on Friday promises to support the coalition against the organization of Islamic State "Da’esh”, which is still in a state of waiting, although the date of withdrawal of US troops is approaching.

The defense ministers of the 13 major powers participating in the international coalition, meeting on the sidelines of the Security Conference in Munich for weeks, seek to solve the problem of withdrawal of the largest contributor to this military alliance.

The US Secretary of Defense said: "It is time to reduce the number of US troops on the ground in northeast Syria, but the United States remains committed to the cause of the alliance, the permanent defeat of the Islamic state in the Middle East and beyond. "

He described President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops as a "tactical change" and promised to maintain "counter-terrorist capabilities in the region" and remain "alongside allies and partners."

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Lien, who hosted the meeting on Friday, said: "the physical caliphate has been destroyed, but the organization of the Islamic state is changing its face, reorganizing its ranks in secret and building networks with other terrorist groups, including a global network."

Paris also wants to "make sure that ISIS does not appear again or conversion (to another organization) in or outside Syria " because the US withdrawal raises fears that foreign fighters will be deployed to organize a resurgence of cells in Syria.

Shanahan had announced earlier in the week that "There are talks to know how to ensure stability, security and any resources after the withdrawal of the United States and who will contribute to those efforts "

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