{"id":13574,"date":"2019-10-23T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/23\/us-troops-relocating-from-syria-have-four-weeks-to-stay-in-iraq\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:28:25","slug":"us-troops-relocating-from-syria-have-four-weeks-to-stay-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/23\/us-troops-relocating-from-syria-have-four-weeks-to-stay-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"US troops relocating from Syria have four weeks to stay in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces relocating from Syria to Iraq need to exit Iraq within four weeks, according to Iraq\u2019s defense minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. troops \u201ctransiting\u201d in Iraq must depart the country before moving to Kuwait, Qatar or the U.S., Iraq\u2019s Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari told The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/61c246d0a387450e9f3ba1b2a58d64ec?utm_source=Twitter&#038;utm_medium=AP&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\" target=_blank>Associated Press <\/a>Wednesday after meeting with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement comes after Iraq\u2019s military said Tuesday that U.S. troops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/10\/22\/iraq-american-troops-leaving-syria-cannot-stay-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">were not welcome to permanently stay<\/a> in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esper, who arrived in Baghdad earlier on Wednesday, initially said over the weekend that U.S. troops would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/20\/pentagon-chief-says-american-troops-leaving-syria-for-western-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\">head to Iraq<\/a> where they would conduct counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State. Although he said things could change, he said that was the \u201cgame plan\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on Tuesday, Esper said during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/10\/22\/politics\/mark-esper-syria-oil-fields-troops-iraq-cnntv\/index.html?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=EBB%2010.23.19&#038;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief\" target=_blank>CNN\u2019s Christiane Amanpour<\/a> that U.S. troops would \u201ctemporarily\u201d head to Iraq before ultimately heading home. He also expressed similar sentiments to reporters later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe&#8217;ll reposition as they come out of northeast Syria into Iraq,\u201d Esper told reporters Tuesday at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. \u201cYou know, eventually, their destination is home. But what we&#8217;ve got to do is pull them out deliberately, out of northeast Syria, and make our preparations to go home from there; and I&#8217;ll have that discussion tomorrow with the Iraqi defense minister about the details.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut the aim isn&#8217;t to stay in Iraq interminably; the aim is to pull our soldiers out and eventually get them back home,\u201d Esper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump announced earlier in October that U.S. troops would be pulled from northern Syria, a move that essentially paved the way for Turkey to launch an operation in the region against the Kurds, who have fought alongside the U.S. to combat the Islamic State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Turkey views Kurds with the Syrian Democratic Forces as a branch of a designated terrorist organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although plans have continued to evolve in recent days, Esper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/21\/some-american-troops-may-stay-in-syria-to-guard-oil-fields-esper-says\/\" target=_blank>said Monday<\/a> some U.S. troops are set to remain in Syria to safeguard oil from ISIS. 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