CAIRO (Reuters) – US Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Saturday the United States would deploy the necessary resources to counter any dangerous actions by Iran, Sky News Arabia reported. “I believe we’ll have the resources necessary to deter Iran from taking actions that will be dangerous,” he said, according to a transcript released by the Abu Dhabi-based channel. Earlier this month, the United States blacklisted Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards. President Donald Trump had ordered the withdrawal of US troops Syria in December after he said they had defeated Islamic State militants in Syria. In February, a senior administration official said the United States will leave about 400 US troops split between two different regions of Syria.

Source: Egypt Independent April 29, 2019 08:15 UTC