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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-forces-will-stay-in-iraq-and-could-reenter-syria-from-there-trump-says/2018/12/26/39c32b82-0948-11e9-892d-3373d7422f60_story.html

Trump: U.S. Can Use Iraq as Base for Syria Operations

(Washington Post) Paul Sonne and Tamer El-Ghobashy - President Trump said during a visit to Iraq on Wednesday that the presence of U.S. troops in that country would enable the U.S. to reenter Syria if need be. Trump said he has no plans to withdraw American forces from Iraq, which allows the U.S. to maintain a presence in the heart of the Middle East as a bulwark against Iranian influence. U.S. forces remain in Iraq with the permission of the government, unlike in Syria.

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