Pro-Iran Propaganda Spreads False Claims of US Troop Expulsions and Sunk Ships

A claim circulating online says Bahrain and Jordan have demanded the withdrawal of U.S. troops from their territory. Neither government has made such a demand. The claim combines two unrelated developments, a Jordanian civil-society petition campaign and a U.S.-initiated security evacuation from Bahrain, into a false narrative of state-level rejection. In Jordan, more than 130 political, academic, tribal, and trade union figures signed an open letter in July urging the government to cancel or restrict its 2021 defense cooperation agreement with Washington. The letter is a petition to Amman, not a government position. Israeli analyst Ronen Yitzhak told The Jerusalem…