. the head of the United States Donald trump announced that the head of the defense Ministry James Mattis will retire at the end of February 2019. He also said that the candidacy of the new defense Minister will be named " shortly ". Mattis's not in the military service, for this reason, the wording "retirement" may only apply to the resignation from civil Minister. The reasons for the resignation of the Mattis trump is not called. Sam Mattis said his resignation was that trump was able to detect a defense Minister with more common views with him. A letter about the dismissal was published by the TV channel NBC. Mattis said that believes in the power generated by the United States " unique and inclusive system of alliances ". According to him, Washington will not be able to defend their desires without the maintenance of strong allied relations and " respect for allies." He also expressed criticism of Russia and China, saying these countries as if trying to " shape the world, similar to their authoritarian models." on Wednesday, trump said about the upcoming withdrawal of American troops from Syria in connection with the announced victory over the group " Islamic state." * Currently, there are about 2 thousand of the us military. The US and its allies in 2014, is carried out in the Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq, the operation against ISIS* to the same in the Syrian Arab Republic act without the approval of the official authorities of the country. *Banned in Russia as a terrorist organization <span style="color:darkgray