US withdrawal from Syria outcome of government, public steadfastness: Official

A senior official in Damascus has attributed a recent decision by the United States to withdraw its military forces from Syria to the resistance and steadfastness that the Syrian nation and government have demonstrated throughout the foreign-sponsored militancy in the Arab country.

“Washington’s decision to pull out its troops from Syria was not the result of a deal or negotiations between Syria and the United States or Europe; but rather it was because of the steadfastness of the Syrian people and government,” Secretary of the Syrian People's Assembly Khaled al-Abboud told the Arabic service of the Arabic service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency.

He added that the Damascus government’s perseverance and its ability to forge regional and international alliances, sacrifices made by people from all walks of society and the wise leadership of President Bashar al-Assad had all helped thwart the fiendish plots against Syria.

Abboud went on to say that Syria was now the key to stability in West Asia.

“The United States has suffered a major defeat at the regional level, particularly with regards to Syria. This is why it has started to change its stances realistically and objectively by means of regional tools,” the top Syrian official pointed out.

“The United States could not invest in the tools of chaos, and they all failed. It could not also come up with appropriate mechanisms to influence the decisions of the Syrian government and its allies,” Abboud concluded.

‘US withdrawal from Syria victory for Syrian people’

Meanwhile, French lawmaker Thierry Mariani has termed President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw all 2,000 US troops from Syria a victory for the Syrian people, army and their allies, including Russia and Iran.

Mariani said that it was still too early to talk about the consequences of the US measure, noting that the situation of the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, which serves as the last militant stronghold in the crisis-hit Arab country, remained unresolved – for which a peaceful solution was highly needed.

Separately, Arab political analysts have described Washington's decision to withdraw its troops from Syria as a complete fiasco for Turkey, Israel and US-sponsored terrorists.

They stressed that Washington’s withdrawal would pull the plug on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expansionist policies in the Kurdish-populated areas of northern Syria and would force the Ankara government to cease its military operations there.

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