SPUTNIK – The United States will not force the Iranian forces out of Syria, and hopes that the Syrian government at some point will not feel the need to have them in the country, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey told reporters.
“We are not going to force Iranians out of Syria. We don’t even think the Russians can force the Iranians out of Syria because force implies force, military action,”Jeffrey said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Jeffrey explained:
“This is all about political pressure” and “Technically this is the Syrian government that has invited the Iranians in,” but added “It is our expectation that the Syrian government… at the end of the political process or at some point of the politics process will no longer feel the need to have the Iranian forces there.”
He also said that the current situation in Syria’s province of Idlib is frozen as a result of the deal reached by Turkey and Russia in Sochi, US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey told reporters. “I hope the situation in Idlib is, at least for the moment, frozen by the Sochi agreement between Turkey and Russia – a mere miracle itself,” Jeffrey said at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Jeffrey said that now there exists an opportunity at the United Nations to build up momentum based on the statement of The Small Group on Syria earlier.
The Small Group, comprising of Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United States, issued a joint statement urging the convening a Constitutional Committee to draft a new constitution for Syria and prepare for UN-supervised elections.
“Almost no country is siding with the Iranians, the Russians and the Syrian regime on trying to delay movement toward a political settlement and if we can move to a political settlement that will reinforce dependency of this conflict to shift to the political rather than where it is now,” Jeffrey said.
Bear in mind the US military has been training terrorists in Syria on a daily basis long after Trumps moves to withdrawal funding to ISIS. http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13970620000925 However that is on the verge of changing now it appears: http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13970626000943 )- Moscow and Washington have held talks to end the presence of US forces and affiliated militants in al-Tanf base at the borders with Iraq, sources said, adding that their withdrawal is imminent.
ed note–maybe, but then maybe not. The original source for this is a Qatari news outlet that cannot even be found on the internet and the link for which Fars does not provide in its story, and given Qatar’s role as a cooperative agent in the Deep State’s drive to maneuver Trump into a more warlike posture per Israel’s demand, the reliability and accuracy of this statement is at best questionable.
Moscow and Washington have held talks to end the presence of US forces and affiliated militants in al-Tanf base RUSSIAN COLLUSION, RUSSIAN COLLUSIAN. We got him now 🙂