On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported, quoting Pentagon sources, that the United States will withdraw part of its anti-missile and anti-aircraft systems from Arab countries to concentrate forces on other threats, especially from China and from Russia. Four American Patriot anti-missile systems are to be withdrawn from Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, the WSJ revealed.
Subsequently, senior Kuwaiti officials revealed a joint decision with the US on the partial withdrawal of the emirate's anti-missile systems from the United States, referring to the American action as "routine."
Lieutenant Colonel Earl Brown of the US Central Command told Sputnik that "due to safety concerns, we will not discuss the movement of specific capabilities within and outside the area of responsibility of the US Central Command," noting that " US forces remain ready to conduct operations throughout the region and to respond to any contingency. "
