Pentagon Chief Asks Allies to Expand ISIS Fight as U.S. Withdraws in Syria
Pentagon Chief Asks Allies to Expand ISIS Fight as U.S. Withdraws in Syria by Joe Gould and Tara Copp – Defense News
Acting U.S. defense chief Patrick Shanahan on Friday called on allies to expand efforts against the Islamic State globally, even as the U.S. plans to withdraw its troops from Syria.
“While the time for U.S. troops on the ground in northeast Syria winds down, the United States remains committed to our coalition’s cause, the permanent defeat of ISIS, both in the Middle East and beyond,” Shanahan said Friday at the 2019 Munich Security Conference.
Shanahan met with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and other foreign leaders on plans to defeat the Islamic State group…