U.S. planning to pull all troops from Syria, sources say

The U.S. is readying to retreat astir 1,000 remaining troops from Syria implicit the adjacent 2 months, U.S. officials told CBS News, ending a astir decade-long American subject beingness determination arsenic portion of the combat against the Islamic State, oregon ISIS.

Troops departed the al Tanf garrison successful confederate Syria and the al Shaddadi basal successful the country's northeast earlier this year.

The Wall Street Journal was archetypal to study that the remaining U.S. forces are expected to leave.

The U.S. has had a beingness successful Syria since 2015, supporting an anti-ISIS conjugation that included the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The SDF controlled ample portions of northeastern Syria for years amid a civilian warfare that challenged Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

The information concern successful the state has changed considerably since the Assad authorities collapsed successful precocious 2024. The Trump medication has sought to enactment with caller Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a erstwhile rebel person who has renounced his erstwhile ties with al Qaeda. His authorities has clashed with the Syrian Democratic Forces, before striking a woody past month that sought to integrate the Kurdish-led radical into Syria's equipped forces.

For years, the Syrian Democratic Forces who partnered with the U.S. provided information for prisons and exile camps holding thousands of ISIS prisoners and their families. 

Earlier this month, the U.S. helped transportation 5,700 ISIS fighters from detention facilities successful Syria to Iraqi custody, according to U.S. Central Command.

In December, 2 members of the Iowa National Guard and a translator were killed successful an ambush onslaught by a lone ISIS gunman, according to the Pentagon. The Trump medication successful retaliation launched a bid of attacks arsenic portion of Operation Hawkeye Strike to deed ISIS targets. 

American bases successful Syria person besides periodically faced attacks by Iranian-backed groups successful caller years. And the U.S.-allied Kurdish forces successful northeastern Syria faced unit from neighboring Turkey.

President Trump successful his archetypal word wanted to retreat from Syria completely, and adjacent announced each 2,000 troops would withdraw. His Defense Secretary astatine the time, Jim Mattis, resigned soon aft that, citing argumentation disagreements. Mr. Trump ended up agreeing to support a tiny beingness successful the country.