I believe that we could be seeing a historic turning point in the Middle East, who could have imagined that back then when Russia "stepped up to the plate" in the dark days of 2013.
The US are leaving al-tanf apparently, so far so good ...
" Posted on 05/07/2018 by Elijah J Magnier
By Elijah J. Magnier: @ejmalrai
Russian advisors visiting the Syrian capital Damascus are confident that the US forces will pull out of al-Tanf and will also aim to completely withdraw from north of Syria (al-Hasaka and Deir-Ezzour) in the next six months.
According to top decision makers based in Damascus, the US President Donald Trump is pushing his administration to approve an already prepared total withdrawal plan. Despite Trump’s limited knowledge of foreign policy and being unaware of the consequences of his decisions in the international arena, however, he found no convincing elements – said the sources, who asked to remain anonymous – in the presentation by his administration where US forces could benefit from the continuation of their presence in such a hostile environment and without suffering hits in the future. Trump’s biggest fear to see the US special forces deployed in the north of Syria and in Iraq returning to the country “in plastic bags”. He would certainly find it hard to offer any explanation for the US occupation of the Levant after
the defeat of ISIS (the “Islamic State” group) or what remained of it in Syria and Iraq.
Moreover, Trump noticed that the hostility against its forces in Iraq was growing: Iraqi security forces (Hashd al-Sha’bi) vowed revenge on the US following the destruction by unknown jets (believed to be Israeli) of their command and control position on the Iraqi-Syrian borders with specific orders to stop and destroy ISIS terrorist groups crossing into Iraq. ... "
Full Sources:
https://ejmagnier.com/2018/07/05/us-forces-leaving-al-tanfand-syria-russia-remains-in-the-levant/
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/07/06/syria-will-clear-the-jordan-border-and-daraa-soon/
https://southfront.org/us-forces-leaving-al-tanfand-syria-russia-remains-in-the-levant/
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/09/middleeast/syria-us-forces-intl/
https://www.sott.net/article/390243...-al-Tanf-and-northern-Syria-within-six-months
