U.S. to Pull Out All Soldiers from Syria
The drawdown is already underway. The Pentagon earlier this month pulled all American soldiers from the Al-Shaddadi base in northeastern Syria and from the Al Tanf garrison — a strategically critical outpost situated at the tri-border junction of Syria, Jordan, and Iraq — according to the report.
All remaining U.S. forces are expected to depart within the next two months, two U.S. officials told media, after the White House determined that a continued military presence in the country was no longer necessary.
The officials were explicit that the pullout is entirely separate from the substantial U.S. military buildup currently underway across the broader Middle East region in connection with potential strikes against Iran.
U.S. forces were originally deployed to Syria in 2014 under then-President Barack Obama as part of a counter-terrorism campaign against the Islamic State at the height of the country's devastating civil war. Troop levels were incrementally scaled back during President Donald Trump's first term in office, though a residual force remained in place — until now.
The full withdrawal marks a definitive end to one of Washington's most prolonged and complex military engagements in the region.
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