>There are currently 700 U.S. troops in northeast Syria and 200 in southeast Syria near the Syrian-Jordanian border, the Pentagon said last October, down from a publicly disclosed high of 2,000 in 2018. There is also a small contingent of British special forces.
Hayanomie t1_ix1u8kp wrote
Reply to comment by Elvis_does_reddit in Turkish air strikes hit villages in northern Syria, SDF says by Paraphernalien69
This is a common lie that is repeated all the time. Trump never withdrew and maintained a force of about 900 always present.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2022/0209/As-US-battles-ISIS-many-in-Syria-take-their-cue-from-Afghanistan
>There are currently 700 U.S. troops in northeast Syria and 200 in southeast Syria near the Syrian-Jordanian border, the Pentagon said last October, down from a publicly disclosed high of 2,000 in 2018. There is also a small contingent of British special forces.