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The US Department of Defense stated that there were around 900 US soldiers operating in Syria as of February 2021. [48] [180] On 19 December 2024, after the fall of the Assad regime, the Pentagon revealed that there were around 2,000 US troops in Syria, adding that the increase was temporary and occurred in recent months. [181]
On 4 February 2024, a drone struck a training ground in Al-Omar field in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, which houses US troops, according to the Syrian Democratic Forces. Though no casualties were reported among US forces, at least seven Kurdish fighters were killed and 18 injured. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack.
In May 2015, Islamic State (IS) militants captured the border checkpoint at Al-Tanf, thus obtaining control over the full length of the Iraq–Syria border.The U.S.-backed New Syrian Army rebel faction recaptured the Al-Tanf post on the Syrian side of the border in early March 2016, and the Al-Waleed border crossing on the Iraqi side of the border was recaptured by pro-government Iraqi tribal ...
The number of US troops in Syria has regularly surged higher than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed since at least 2020, and in recent months increased to more than double the roughly 900 troops ...
The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press ...
The United States will work to ensure the safety of chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria, the senior U.S. official said, without elaborating except to say there would not be a role for U.S. troops ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present) and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Location Iraq and Syria Target Iranian Revolutionary Guards Liwa al-Tafuf Popular Mobilization Forces Kata'ib ...
The United States will maintain its presence in eastern Syria and will take measures necessary to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East ...