Trump administration plans to leave 400 troops in Syria
2019-02-23 10:09:13 source：The Washington Post
February 22, 2019
President Trump denied Friday that he was “reversing course” in Syria, despite deciding this week to leave at least 400 U.S. troops there, only two months after announcing that all American forces were coming home “now.”
Trump said he had agreed that “we can leave a small force along with others . . . whether it’s NATO troops or whoever it might be” so that the Islamic State “doesn’t start up again.”
The administration’s latest change in its military plans would keep roughly 200 troops in Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria after the bulk of the U.S. force departs. Another 200 will remain at the remote Tanf garrison in the country’s southeast.
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