US troops first entered Syria in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group (IS) and partnered with the SDF, which continues to guard thousands of IS prisoners and their family members at Al Hol.

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.

US troop presence in Syria will be reduced to a ... Reduction of the U.S. military’s footprint in Syria is a ... reported Monday that 500 troops had left bases in northeastern Syria, ...

The reduction of troops inside Syria comes as the United States continues to build up wider military presence in the ... More than 4,500 US troops are spending Christmas in Iraq and Syria, ...

US military said poised to slash troops in Syria; Israel seeks to limit reduction Israel has been kept in the loop about plan that could see US troop presence shrunk from 2,000 to 1,000; Jerusalem ...

US military poised to slash troops in Syria, officials say The US plans to cut its troop presence in Syria by half, consolidating bases as part of a broader regional military review. By REUTERS ...

The US is reducing the number of its troops in Syria, whose mission is to assist local partners in countering the remnants of ISIS. Staff Sgt. Fred Brown/US Army 2025-04-23T08:26:01Z ...

The U.S. military is set to consolidate its presence in Syria over the coming weeks and months, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, in a move that could reduce the number of troops it has ...

US policy is to have one Syria and one army there and not support federalism. US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has a clear ...

Washington has significantly reduced its troop presence in Syria, its special envoy to the country Thomas Barrack has said, amid warming ties with Damascus after a rebel uprising toppled former ...

That same year, however, U.S. troops in Syria and neighboring Iraq increasingly clashed with local militias aligned with Iran, escalating to the point of Trump ordering the killing of Iran's ...

The U.S. military has about 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria across a number of bases, mostly in the northeast. The troops are working with local forces to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, which ...