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February 22, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-leave-a-peacekeeping-group-of-200-troops-in-syria/2019/02/21/7b03bbc8-363b-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.16fd365fbe52

U.S. to Leave 200 American Peacekeepers in Syria after Pullout

(Washington Post) Karen DeYoung and Missy Ryan - The U.S. will leave "a small peacekeeping group" of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a U.S. pullout, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Thursday. A U.S. official said the 200 would be "split down the middle" between Syrian Kurdish-controlled areas in the northeast of the country, and the Tanf garrison in southeast Syria. France and Britain, which also have troops in Syria, had rebuffed a U.S. request to leave forces there to continue operations against militant remnants and to patrol a "safe zone" along Syria's northeastern border with Turkey unless some U.S. troops remained.

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