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USA reducing military base points in Syria drastically
Updated on 03.06.2025 – 5:43 p.m.Reading time: 18 min.
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The United States significantly reduces its military presence in Syria, according to a high -ranking presidential consultant. Instead of eight military bases, there should only be one base in the future, said the US special envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, the Turkish broadcaster NTV. When asked about the future Syrian policy of the US government, Barrack described a clear turnaround that has recently become apparent. “I can assure you that our current Syria policy will not be comparable to the Syria policy of the past hundred years, because none of these approaches has worked.” Reducing the military base points is an important part of this turn.
The United States has stationed around 2,000 soldiers, especially in northeastern Syria. Together with local forces, the US military is to prevent the “Islamic State” (IS) from gaining influence again. In 2014, the terrorist organization conquered large parts of Syria and Iraq, but was later pushed back. Barrack, who is US ambassador in Turkey and a close confidante Trumps, commented on the Turkish broadcaster NTV late Monday evening. Also on Monday, he told the Reuters news agency that the United States gave the green light for the previously highly controversial admission of thousands of Islamist fighters from abroad to the Syrian army.
Since the fall of the long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad, many countries have been intensifying their relationships with Syria, at the top of which former rebel manager Ahmed al-Sharaa is currently president. Under President Donald Trump, the United States performs a particularly clear U-turn in its Syria policy. Trump, who recently met Al-Sharaa on a Middle East trip, surprisingly agreed to lift sanctions against Syria from the Assad period.
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