In a statement sent to Breitbart News via email, Dana White, the chief spokesperson at the Pentagon, declared: Her comments came after CNN and other…
In a statement sent to Breitbart News via email, Dana White, the chief spokesperson at the Pentagon, declared:
Her comments came after CNN and other news outlets, citing anonymous sources, reported that the U. S. President Donald Trump’s administration is planning a “full” and “rapid” military withdrawal from Syria.
In the wake of the reports, President Trump wrote on Twitter, “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.” However, the office of the inspector general (OIG) at the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) reported last month that the group remains a threat to Iraq and Syria, echoing other assessments.
“ISIS has lost all territory it held in Iraq and remained in control of only one percent of territory it once held in Syria. However, the DoD and a report produced by a United Nations Security Council monitoring committee stated that an effective clandestine ISIS organization has moved underground and is acting as an insurgency in both countries,” the OIG reported on November 5.
