The U.S.
armed force is withdrawing numerous soldiers from Syria, a shift the Pentagon is framing as a consolidation that reflects the altering security environment in the country, The Hill reported.Recognizing the success the United States has had against ISIS, including its 2019 territorial defeat under President Trump, today the Secretary of Defense directed the debt consolidation of U.S.
forces in Syria under Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve to choose places in Syria, Pentagon press secretarySean Parnellsaid in a statement Friday.Parnell said the drawdown is a deliberate and conditions-based procedure that will bring the U.S.
forces in Syria down to fewer than 1,000 in the coming months.The dip follows the U.S.
armed force under the Biden administration announced in December it had raisedthe number of troopsin Syria from 900 to 2,000 to assist with growing dangers from ISIS and militias in the region.The Pentagon statement Friday did not state where soldiers will be pulled from, butthe New York Times reportedThursday that the U.S.
military would shutter 3 of its eight small stations in northeast Syria, withdrawing some 600 service members.
2 senior U.S.
authorities informed the outlet the bases are Mission Support Site Green Village, M.S.S.
Euphrates, and a 3rd smaller sized center.
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