Saudi Arabia is not interested in taking over Eastern Syria and wants the US troops to stay, instead.
Previously, Trump planned to hand out the control to Saudi Arabia for a price of 4 billion USD.
"Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants the U.S. military to maintain a presence in Syria, despite President Donald Trump’s declaration that American forces will be pulled from the war-torn country in the near future.
“We believe American troops should stay for at least the mid-term, if not the long-term,” he told TIME Thursday in a wide-ranging interview.
Bin Salman said Assad is not likely to be ousted from power. He said he hopes that Assad will not become a “puppet” for Tehran.
“Bashar is staying,” he said. “But I believe that Bashar’s interests is not to let the Iranians do whatever they want they want to do.”"
Saudi Crown Prince Says U.S. Troops Should Stay In Syria
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Previously, Trump planned to hand out the control to Saudi Arabia for a price of 4 billion USD.
"Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants the U.S. military to maintain a presence in Syria, despite President Donald Trump’s declaration that American forces will be pulled from the war-torn country in the near future.
“We believe American troops should stay for at least the mid-term, if not the long-term,” he told TIME Thursday in a wide-ranging interview.
Bin Salman said Assad is not likely to be ousted from power. He said he hopes that Assad will not become a “puppet” for Tehran.
“Bashar is staying,” he said. “But I believe that Bashar’s interests is not to let the Iranians do whatever they want they want to do.”"
Saudi Crown Prince Says U.S. Troops Should Stay In Syria
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Trump wants to get the U.S. out of Syria’s war, so he asked the Saudi king for $4 billion