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White House Denies US Will Leave Syria, but Plan Has Supporters

A U.S. special forces soldier and Syrian Kurdish soldiers watch a bulldozer dismantle a fortification in the so-called "safe zone" on the border with Turkey near Tal Abyad, Syria. (AP)

By    |   Thursday, 01 February 2024 07:39 AM EST

Despite growing calls for the U.S. to withdraw its troops from Syria, where a recent surge in Iran-backed terror attacks have targeted American service members, the Biden administration appears committed to keeping a contingent of soldiers stationed there.

The White House position was in some doubt after a January article in Foreign Policy magazine by a noted Middle East scholar predicted a pullout. The White House and Defense Department swiftly denied the report – though that type of rapid response was telling for the article's author, Charles Lister. Lister is a senior fellow and the director of the Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs at the Middle East Institute.

John Rossomando

John Rossomando is an experienced national security and counterterrorism analyst and researcher who writes for Newsmax and has been featured in numerous publications and has been consulted by numerous U.S. government agencies.

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Despite growing calls for the U.S. to withdraw its troops from Syria, where a recent surge in Iran-backed terror attacks have targeted American service members, the Biden administration appears committed to keeping a contingent of soldiers stationed there.
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