NATO assessing details of US troop withdrawal from Germany
Key takeaways
- The US says it plans to pull about 5,000 troops out of Germany over the next six to 12 months as feud with European allies over Iran war escalates.
- The planned drawback comes as US President Donald Trump feuds with European allies for not doing more to assist in the US-Israel war against Iran.
- Trump responded by urging Merz to stop “interfering” over Iran and spend more time “fixing his broken country”.
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The US says it plans to pull about 5,000 troops out of Germany over the next six to 12 months as feud with European allies over Iran war escalates.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo United States soldiers take part in a training exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on March 28, 2026 [Leonhard Simon/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026NATO says it is assessing the details of the United States’s decision to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany, a key partner in the Western security alliance, amid tensions over the war on Iran.
In a statement on Saturday, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said the bloc is “working with the US to understand the details of their decision on force posture in Germany”, a process the US Pentagon estimates will unfold over the next six to 12 months.