Syria Says It Will Drive-Out U.S. Soldiers From The Country If They Do Not Leave Voluntarily

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. Reuters  

Newsweek: Syria Says It Will Drive U.S. From Country If Troops Do Not Leave Voluntarily  

Syria's foreign minister on Monday vowed to drive U.S. troops out of his country if they do not leave voluntarily. 

Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad called the presence of Turkish and U.S. troops in northern Syria illegal and a flagrant violation of international law. 

Hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed in eastern Syria and working with Kurdish-led fighters to combat the Islamic State militant group. 

Turkish forces are present in northern Syria, where Turkey has supported and funded Syrian opposition fighters against Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces. 

Mekdad called for the troops to withdraw voluntarily from Syria, threatening to push them out if they did not go.

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Update: Syrian Foreign Minister Urges Turkey, US to Withdraw Troops at UNGA (Sputnik) 

WNU Editor: The Syrian foreign minister did not go into details on how his country will drive-out the U.S. and Turkish troops that are deployed in Syria.

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