Bürgerkrieg in Syrien

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Der mögliche Abzug der US-Streitkräfte aus Syrien ist erst mal vom Tisch, wobei man dazu sagen muss, dass die Präsenz seit 2021 schon deutlich zurückgefahren wurde (von etwa 2.500 bis 3.000 Soldaten 2017 auf derzeit rund 900). Zumeist sind es noch Special Forces und Garnisonseinheiten...

House votes down Gaetz bill to withdraw troops from Syria

WASHINGTON — The House voted 103-321 on Wednesday against pulling U.S. troops out of Syria, rejecting a war powers resolution to do so introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz. The Republican from Florida used expedited procedures laid out under the War Powers Act to force a floor vote on the bill, which would have required the Biden administration to withdraw the approximately 900 troops stationed in Syria within six months. [...]

The Defense Department first deployed troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State group in 2014. That conflict also saw the return of U.S. forces to Iraq. U.S. troops have remained stationed in both countries under a 2001 military authorization, which Congress passed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to target al-Qaida in Afghanistan. [...] Since the territorial defeat of the so-called ISIS caliphate, the U.S. Defense Department has kept troops stationed in both Syria and Iraq. In Syria, they remain split in the northeast — where they aid the Kurdish-majority administration’s fight against ISIS sleeper cells — and the southeast garrison of al-Tanf, which has become a frequent target of attack for Iran-backed militias. [...]

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/202...rom-syria/

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