US plays dangerous game in Syria

With troops sent on terror fight pretext, instability has only grown, experts say

DAMASCUS, Syria－The presence of United States forces in Syria since 2014 has done nothing to help end a civil war and only increased instability in the country, political experts said.

The US intervention－without Syria's consent－was begun on the pretext of fighting radical groups such as the Islamic State, which was created in the wake of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The experts pointed out that ever since the US launched an international war on terrorism following the Sept 11 attacks, its policy has been defined mainly by military interventions to reshape the Middle East in accordance with its own vision and agenda, not for the benefit of the people in these countries.