{"id":32172,"date":"2019-02-07T09:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T09:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32172"},"modified":"2019-02-07T09:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T09:23:11","slug":"pompeo-reassures-allies-of-us-commitments-in-syria-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32172","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo reassures allies of US commitments in Syria, Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1448086\/middle-east\" readability=\"92\">\n<p>\nWASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured allies that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not \u201cthe end of America\u2019s fight\u201d and called on them to recommit to permanently defeating Daesh\u00a0in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\nAt the State Department, Pompeo told foreign ministers and other senior officials from 79 countries that have worked alongside the United States in fighting the militant group in Syria and Iraq that Daesh\u00a0remained a menace.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe US troops withdrawing from Syria is not the end of America\u2019s fight. The fight is one we will continue to wage alongside you,\u201d Pompeo said in opening remarks. \u201cThe drawdown in troops is essentially a tactical change, it is not a change in the mission. It simply represents a new stage in an old fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cOur mission is unwavering, but we need your help to accomplish it, just as we\u2019ve had over the past months and years,\u201d Pompeo said, \u201cTo that end, we ask that our coalition partners seriously and rapidly consider requests that will enable our efforts to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThose requests are likely to come very soon,\u201d he added, without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, US President Donald Trump reiterated Pompeo&#8217;s message, saying: \u201cThe United States military, our coalition partners and the Syrian Democratic Forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by ISIS in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt should be formally announced, sometime, probably next week, that we will have 100 percent of the caliphate, but I want to wait for the official word. I don&#8217;t want to say it too early,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Tuesday, a top US general warned that Daesh\u00a0would pose an enduring threat following the planned US withdrawal from Syria. General Joseph Votel, head of the US military\u2019s Central Command, said the militant group retained leaders, fighters, facilitators and resources that will fuel a menacing insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe do have to keep pressure on this network. &#8230; They have the ability of coming back together if we don\u2019t,\u201d Votel, who oversees troops in the Middle East as well as Afghanistan, told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured allies that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not \u201cthe end of America\u2019s fight\u201d and called on them to recommit to permanently defeating Daesh\u00a0in Syria and Iraq. 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