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Most Americans support US troop withdrawal from Syria: Poll

Saturday, 29 December 2018 3:41 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 29 December 2018 4:38 PM ]

US forces' vehicles and structures are seen on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij on December 26, 2018. (Photo by AFP))

A majority of Americans have expressed support for pulling the US troops out of Syria, according to a recent poll.

According to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll published by The Hill on Saturday, the majority of the participants in the survey supported US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria and reduce the country’s military presence in Afghanistan.

PressTV-Trump signals US troop withdrawal from Syria

Trump has declared victory against Daesh terrorists in Syria as reports suggest that he is planning to pull out American troops from the country.

Trump announced that he had decided to withdraw the approximately 2,000 US troops in Syria, and cut in half the roughly 14,000 US forces in Afghanistan.

Poll results showed that 52% of respondents said they backed the withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan.

By contrast, 48 percent said they oppose the troop withdrawals and reductions, the poll found.

The announcement of the US troop withdrawal was followed by the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis and Brett McGurk, the US special envoy to the so-called anti-Daesh coalition in Syria and Iraq.