The number of US troops in Syria has doubled, Pentagon discloses
The Pentagon disclosed in December 2024 that the United States had about 2,000 troops in Syria, not the 900 it had previously reported, having doubled its forces there to fight the Islamic State group before the fall of Bashar Assad's government.
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US concedes it has double the number of troops in Syria as Biden sends officials to Damascus
The number of U.S. troops in Syria has doubled, Pentagon discloses
Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad’s fall
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Pentagon quietly doubled troop presence in Syria before Assad's fall
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