The number of US troops in Syria has always been an issue of discussion in Washington. There were thought to be several hundred for years, but the real number is believed to be about 2,000.

U.S. Army soldiers and Syrian forces conduct air assault training with a CH-47 Chinook at the al-Tanf garrison in Syria in February 2025. Syrian partner forces U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Fred Brown ...

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US to reduce military presence in Syria, keeping only one base operational. US envoy says Syria strategy ‘will not be like the last 100 years’ as troops pull out.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to terminate U.S. sanctions against Syria in a massive first step to ...

The process would reportedly shutter three bases and bring the number of troops down to less than 1,000, closer aligning to the number of troops deployed to Syria before then-President Joe Biden's ...

US soldiers patrol in Qamishli, in Syria's Hasakeh province, controlled mainly by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on 9 January 2025.

AL SHADADI BASE, Syria, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting ...

Israel, Russia, Turkey, and the United States have all deployed troops in Syria since 2011. How long will they stay in the ...

With the difficulty of negotiating the Golan Heights, Israel and Syria are considering something less than a peace treaty and ...