Foreign Policy

White House: 200 US troops will remain in Syria

By Diana Stancy Correll
Published February 22, 2019 12:32am ET
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White House: 200 US troops will remain in Syria
A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle on a newly installed position, near front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. | (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Approximately 200 U.S. troops will remain in Syria after the rest of the 2,000 U.S. troops stationed in the region are withdrawn, according to a new report.

“A small peacekeeping group of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

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