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A report published by the Russian newspaper “Vzglyad” stated that the revelation of American plans to begin negotiations with Baghdad regarding the withdrawal of its forces from Iraq coincided with the announcement by Russian experts that there were similar plans to also withdraw its forces from Syria, which was denied. Pentagon previously.
The authors of the report, Yevgeny Pozdnyakov and Ilya Abramov, indicated that the United States insists that the process of withdrawal of American forces take into account the current situation in Iraq and the degree of stability of the local security forces, but Baghdad stresses that the surrounding circumstances should not affect the specific dates for withdrawal.
The newspaper quoted Alexander Lavrentiev, the Special Representative of the President of Russia for Syrian settlement affairs, as saying that according to the data available to Russia, Washington agreed to Baghdad’s demand and began withdrawing forces from the country, explaining that the process may take a long time.
He was the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin He confirmed that the United States will begin negotiations in the coming days on compensating for the coalition’s military presence in Iraq with bilateral cooperation, the details of which were not revealed.
Syria too
Regarding Syria, Foreign Policy magazine reported that the American leadership is studying the issue of complete withdrawal from Syrian territory, indicating that Washington is no longer interested in its presence in this country.
But later, the White House denied this information, stressing that the possibility of withdrawing forces from Syrian areas not under Damascus’s control was not being considered.
According to the newspaper, experts believe that American forces will sooner or later be forced to leave the sites in Iraq and Syria, because the American presence there, as in the region as a whole, has become a financial burden that does not allow the United States to focus on more important areas.
According to expert Dmitry Drobnitsky, “The strikes on American sites in Iraq and Syria are pushing the United States to withdraw its forces from the Middle East. But the main reason for these intentions is that this region has simply lost its importance for the White House.”
Drobnitsky continued, “The American withdrawal from Iraq will most likely take place quietly. In the end, American politicians do not want to repeat the media disaster that occurred when pictures of terrified people at Kabul airport were published. At the same time, it is very important that the local bodies complete this process during the presidency.” “Biden.”
New strategy
According to Drobnitsky, if leaving Iraq was linked to an increase in budget expenditures, the situation is different for Syria. Reducing its presence in the Middle East will also allow it to deploy more forces in Southeast Asia, as Washington is gradually working to increase its capabilities to contain China.
Political researcher Timofey Bordachev explained to the newspaper “Vzglyad” that Washington has lost so much of its authority in recent years that the withdrawal of forces from Iraq will not affect it in any way, stressing that it is dealing with the situation without hysteria because it realizes that the continued presence in the region would To cause great damage to it.
Professor Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the Russia Journal of World Affairs, pointed out that the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq also means the withdrawal of forces from Syria.
This decision is likely to affect the Kurds more than others, given their tense relations with Syria, Iraq, and Turkey, which led them to rely on the United States.
