Saturday, 17 April, 2021 - 11:00 US soldiers patrol Syrian oil fields in February. (Getty Images) Washington - Muath Alamri CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth ‘Frank’ MacKenzie expected the Middle East to continue to witness bloodshed and violence, despite the defenses and military forces deployed along the borders. MacKenzie further that he fears there’s going to be something that follows ISIS, noting that the conditions that gave "it birth still exist." The commander expressed this "pessimistic" view during an interview with "The New Yorker" magazine, while he was touring Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. McKenzie said the presence of US troops in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Lebanon was down to just two percent of peak deployments, and, technically, these troops are no longer fighting.