The US military has about 2,000 US troops in Syria across a number of bases, mostly in the northeast. The troops are working with local forces to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, which in ...

The Trump administration shut down an Israeli lobbying push to avert a withdrawal of US troops from northeast Syria in a bid to dilute Turkey’s growing influence in the country, current and ...

Washington also deployed thousands of American personnel to advise and assist local forces, with US troops in some cases directly fighting the jihadists. After years of bloody warfare, Iraq’s ...

Washington also deployed thousands of American personnel to advise and assist local forces, with US troops in some cases directly fighting the jihadists. After years of bloody warfare, Iraq's ...