There is "no timeline for U.S. military forces to withdraw" from Syria, a senior State Department official said yesterday, the ABC News website reports today (January 5, 2019).
At the same time, officials reiterated the Trump administration "does not intend to have an indefinite military presence in Syria," and the president's decision to withdraw was still intact.
The officials said a Syria withdrawal would be done "in a deliberate, heavily coordinated way with allies and partners" in order to "maintain pressure of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) throughout and not to open any vacuums for terrorists to exploit."
Trump originally said the U.S. troops in Syria would be leaving "now," indicating the withdrawal could occur within 30 days.
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