{"id":44101,"date":"2018-09-24T18:39:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/24\/bolton-us-troops-staying-in-syria-until-iran-leaves\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:20:45","slug":"bolton-us-troops-staying-in-syria-until-iran-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/24\/bolton-us-troops-staying-in-syria-until-iran-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton: US troops staying in Syria until Iran leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. will keep a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/07\/us-plays-down-talk-of-imminent-pullout-of-forces-from-syria\/\" target=_blank>military presence in Syria<\/a> until Iran withdraws its forces, a top Trump administration official said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not going to leave as long as Iranian troops are outside Iranian borders, and that includes Iranian proxies and militias,\u201d White House national security adviser John Bolton said while in New York for the U.N. General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pledge comes as 2,200 U.S. troops serve in Syria, nearly all of them devoted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/12\/us-backed-group-in-last-push-to-defeat-isis-in-northeast-syria\/\" target=_blank>war against the Islamic State <\/a>in the eastern third of the country. While Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have said Iran poses the bigger strategic threat, U.S. military leaders have emphasized that Iran is not their focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/26\/iran-says-no-third-party-will-limit-its-support-to-syria\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18238522088296.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Iran says \u2018no third party\u2019 will limit its support to Syria<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Iran\u2019s defense minister said Sunday his country will continue its support of the Syrian government to ensure improved security in the region, adding that the nature of the two countries cooperation won\u2019t be decided by a \u201cthird party.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, in a gathering with reporters at the Pentagon Monday, repeatedly asserted that Bolton\u2019s comments reflected no change in policy, and that the Pentagon was on the same page as the White House on what the role for U.S. forces would be in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs part of this overarching problem, we have to address Iran,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cEverywhere you go in the Middle East where there\u2019s instability you will find Iran. So in terms of getting to the end state of the Geneva process, Iran, too, has a role to play, which is to stop fomenting trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight now our troops inside Syria are there for one purpose, and that\u2019s under the U.N. authorization about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/24\/us-urges-enduring-defeat-of-isis-offers-force-if-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\">defeating ISIS<\/a>,\u201d Mattis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis said he and Bolton were \u201con the same sheet of music,\u201d but suggested the U.S. presence would be based on United Nations-led peace talks rather than Iran\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s the Geneva process and the Geneva process has got to come to a conclusion if we are to see this end,\u201d Mattis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/24\/us-says-russia-supplying-missile-defense-system-to-syria-would-be-a-significant-escalation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18267351025678.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US says Russia supplying missile defense system to Syria would be a \u2018significant escalation\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Trump administration is warning Russia that supplying Syria with an advanced missile defense system would be a \u201cmajor mistake\u201d and should be reconsidered. It also says U.S. forces will not leave Syria until Iran leaves.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration has sought to partner with Russia in an effort to compel the Iranians to leave Syria, to no avail. In a new setback, Moscow announced it would give Syria\u2019s government more modern, S-300 missile defense systems after last week\u2019s downing of a Russian plane by Syria in a friendly fire incident \u2014 a topic Pompeo said he would bring up with his Russian counterpart this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe think introducing the S-300s to the Syrian government would be a significant escalation by the Russians and something that we hope, if these press reports are accurate, they would reconsider,\u201d Bolton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the incident has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/2018\/09\/24\/has-syria-become-putins-political-juggernaut\/\" target=_blank>stoked tensions between Russia and Israel<\/a>, which Moscow blames for the incident. The Russian Ministry of Defence claims the down Russian IL-20 was caught in the crossfire as Syrian air defenses responded against Israeli F-16s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s intervention in Syria on behalf of and at the invitation of Syrian President Bashar Assad has empowered a range of pro-Assad regime armed groups, including Lebanese Hezbollah, and has brought Iranian forces into Syria that Israel views as directly threatening its security, according to a Congressional Research Service report published this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/02\/27\/graham-returns-from-israel-we-must-stop-the-iran-assad-machine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17334811976216.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Graham returns from Israel: We must \u2018stop the Iran-Assad machine\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">War between Israel and Iranian proxy forces is imminent, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators warned after a trip to the Middle East last week.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump said five months ago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/03\/trump-says-its-time-to-leave-syria-votel-says-were-staying\/\" target=_blank>he wanted to &#8220;get out\u201d of Syria <\/a>and bring U.S. troops home soon. But earlier this month, the secretary of state\u2019s special representative for Syria engagement, James Jeffrey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/in-a-shift-trump-approves-an-indefinite-military-and-diplomatic-effort-in-syria-us-officials-say\/2018\/09\/06\/0351ab54-b20f-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html?utm_term=.83fdc2d747ff\" target=_blank>offered comments<\/a> suggesting U.S. forces could pursue an enduring presence in part to complicate Iranian activities in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeffrey said the administration intends to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/20\/us-anti-isis-office-gets-reprieve-as-syria-pullout-accelerates\/\" target=_blank>keep U.S. military forces in Syria<\/a> beyond \u201cthe end of the year\u201d to ensure the defeat of the Islamic State. \u201cThat means we are not in a hurry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>The Associated Press 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