Confusion over US troop withdrawal from Syria
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• There is more confusion over the future of the US military presence in Syria after officials said they had begun to withdraw — but only equipment, and not yet any troops.
• Colonel Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the US-led coalition in the country, said it "has begun the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria."
• He added: "Out of concern for operational security, we will not discuss specific timelines, locations or troop movements."
• But it has emerged the number of troops might actually increase slightly in Syria to help protect the final process of pulling out, the New York Times reported.
• Allies were stunned and Donald Trump's defence secretary resigned after the pullout was announced last month.
• Russia said it was beginning to suspect the US did not actually want to leave.
• "At the moment we have an impression that they are leaving and looking for a reason to stay — as it was said in one of the popular movies," said Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman.
• "For this reason we have said repeatedly that we would like to have an insight into the (U.S) strategy."
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• The Russia and Iran-backed Syrian government sees the withdrawal as an opportunity to recover a large chunk of territory it lost with the outbreak of the country's civil war.
• Meanwhile Turkey is deploying its own troops to the Syrian border, sparking fears of a clash with the local Kurdish YPG militia, a US ally that the Turkish government considers a terrorist organisation.
• Residents near Iraqi border crossings that are typically used by US forces going in and out of Syria said they had seen no obvious or large-scale movement of American ground forces on Friday.
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been touring the Middle East this week in an effort to reassure American partners that his country remains committed to regional security.