US President Barack Obama (L) with Jordan’s King Abdullah (R) in Amman on March 22, 2013<\/p>\n
The United States has left about 700 combat-ready troops in Jordan after a training exercise in the country, US President Barack Obama says.\n<\/p>\n
In a letter to US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Friday, Obama said that the deployment was made at the request of the Jordanian government.\n<\/p>\n
He stated that about 700 of the US troops deployed to Jordan as part of a military training exercise, which ended on Thursday, would stay in the country.\n<\/p>\n
The troops will stay until the security situation becomes such that they are no longer required, Obama added, but provided no further details.\n<\/p>\n
“This detachment that participated in the exercise and remained in Jordan includes Patriot missile systems, fighter aircraft, and related support, command, control, and communications personnel and systems,” Obama stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On June 9, the US held a multinational military exercise in Jordan\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s desert areas, bordering Syria. About 8,000 troops from 19 countries participated in the exercise.\n<\/p>\n
On June 4, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich issued a statement, saying, \u00c5\u201cWe have more than once stated our opinion on this — foreign weapons are being pumped into an explosive region.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThis is happening very close to Syria, where for more than two years the flames are burning of a devastating conflict,\u201d the statement added.\n<\/p>\n
The Syria crisis began in March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of government forces, have been killed.\n<\/p>\n
Damascus says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.\n<\/p>\n
The Syrian government says the West and its regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — are supporting the militants.\n<\/p>\n
In addition, several international human rights organizations say the militants operating in Syria have committed war crimes.\n<\/p>\n
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