US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has once again defended Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Yesterday, Blinken said in a conversation with CNN that the decision of the Biden government to withdraw from Afghanistan was correct.

The Islamic State said it was behind a rocket attack against Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has roundly condemned the presence of hundreds of American troopers in the southeastern part of his country close to the border with Iraq, terming the deployment as “illegal” and an “act of aggression.”