Sunday, August 19, 2018 9:46:15 AM
US Gets $ 300 Million from Allies to Stay in Syria

The United States has confirmed that it has secured $ 300 million from its allies and partners in the so-called international coalition for alleged fighting Daesh, after President Donald Trump demanded allies to help carry the costs of the war in Syria.

Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Syria unless Saudi Arabia pays for the costs. He said on April 3, "we are working on a plan to get out of Syria. If Saudi Arabia wants us to stay there, it has to pay for it."

Saudi Arabia has announced the contribute of $ 100 million as a contribution to the so-called International Coalition led by US allegedly to help restore stability to the liberated areas of "Daesh" in north-east Syria,

The representative of the US president, the special supervisor of fighting against the Daesh in Syria and Iraq, McGurk said Saudi Arabia had contributed $100 million and United Arab Emirates had pledged $50 million in donations to stabilizing programs. Australia, Denmark, European Union, Taiwan, Kuwait, Germany and France also participated, he said.

The State Department said it would redirect $230 million in frozen funding for Syria to other unspecified foreign policy priorities, while emphasizing that the move did not signal a retreat by Washington from the Syrian conflict. 

Trump froze the $230 million in March, threatening to withdraw United States forces from Syria, subject to a review to reassess Washington's role in the brutal seven-year-old conflict. 

Whether or not the coalition money will convince him to stay is unclear.

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