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US slashes troop count in Syria

US to withdraw 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to help counter IS militants

The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group, a U.S. official said Thursday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet announced publicly.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

US military to slash troops in Syria to under 1,000

The U.S. military has about 2,000 U.S. 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 2014 seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria but was later pushed back.

The New York Times · 2d

U.S. Is Withdrawing Hundreds of Troops From Syria

The end of the Assad era has reduced some threats, but the Islamic State has shown renewed strength in the country.

Congress members make unofficial visit to Syria

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Congress members pay an unofficial visit to Syria as US mulls sanctions relief

A pair of Republican Congress members have arrived in the Syrian capital on an unofficial visit organized by a Syrian-American nonprofit, the first by U.S. legislators since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad in December.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

U.S. Congressmen Visit Syria in First Trip Since Assad's Ouster

(Reuters) -Two U.S. Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by an Islamist-led rebel offensive in December.

The Boston Globe · 17h

Syrian president meets a US Congress member on an unofficial visit to Damascus

Syria’s president on Saturday received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators since the ouster of former leader Bashar Assad in December. State news agency SANA did not give details about the meeting between President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Representative Cory Mills of Florida in the capital Damascus.

‘I thought I’d died.’ How landmines are continuing to claim lives in post-Assad Syria

Since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December 2024, the number of land mine-related incidents has surged, ...

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UN development arm plans for $1.3 billion in help for Syria, top official says

The United Nations Development Programme is hoping to deliver $1.3 billion over three years to support war-ravaged Syria, ...

G.O.P. Lawmakers in Syria Say They See Opportunity to Help Rebuild the Nation

Two Republican congressmen were expected to meet the country’s new leaders and to visit areas destroyed during the long civil ...

Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, a World Heritage Site ravaged by war

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

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U.S. Toughens Demands on Syria’s New Islamist-Led Leadership

The Trump administration wants Damascus to crack down on extremists and expel Palestinian militants in return for a limited ...

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Analysis: Syria, Lebanon embark on long healing process to repair relations

A rare opportunity for Lebanon and Syria to repair their relations and move beyond decades of political domination and ...

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U.S. begins troop drawdown in Syria as allies boost new government

Amid a roiling Middle East, the Trump administration is trying to figure out how Syria’s new leader fits into an “America ...

How Violence Erupted On Syria’s Coast

Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The ...

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