Pentagon Denies Report of 1000 Troops in Syria

• 03.18.2019, 11:53
•  America,  Near East,  World

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The United States strongly denied Sunday a report that it intended to leave almost 1,000 troops in Syria, adding plans for a residual force of around 200 troops had not changed, Daily Mail reports.

The Wall Street Journal had reported Sunday that as talks with Turkey, US-backed Kurdish forces and European allies have failed to produce a deal on a "safe zone" in northeastern Syria, the US now intended to keep working with Kurdish fighters in the country.

"There has been no change to the plan announced in February and we continue to implement the President's direction to draw down U.S. forces to a residual presence," General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a statement.