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The US plans to reduce its military presence in Syria to fewer than one thousand troops. The Department of Defense intends to carry out this reduction in the coming months, according to the Pentagon.
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The United States will cut its presence in Syria by half in the coming months, the Department of Defense announced on Friday. The U.S. military will bring the number of troops inside Syria to ...
The US plans to cut its troop presence in Syria by half, consolidating bases as part of a broader regional military review. By REUTERS APRIL 16, 2025 07:49 ...
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The closures include Mission Support Site Green Village, MSS Euphrates, and a smaller unnamed facility. U.S. commanders will reportedly decide within 60 days whether to further reduce the troop ...
A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...
Also on Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Syria, which has been closed since Washington cut ties with Damascus a year after the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2011, warned that "the U.S ...
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