Moscow Lacks Clear Understanding Of Specific Details Of US Pullout From Syria - Kremlin

Moscow has no understanding of how and when the US initiative to withdraw troops from Syria will be implemented, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st December, 2018) Moscow has no understanding of how and when the US initiative to withdraw troops from Syria will be implemented, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced the decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, claiming that the IS (Islamic State terror group, banned in Russia) had been defeated, and since the US troops were present in Syria exclusively for IS fight, they now had no reason to remain there. According to the White House, the United States has started to bring its troops back and is proceeding to the new phase of the campaign.

"The opinion is as follows, first, we need to understand how, when, where the Americans go, this is not yet clear. Second, we need to understand what the next phase is, nobody knows this either. Third, Russia, in fact, is the country that legitimately, under international law and at the request of Syria, assisted Syrians in freeing their country from international terrorism," Peskov said reporters.