Al Jazeera: US says 200 troops to remain in Syria after forces' withdrawal
White House announcement comes after Trump discussed situation in Syria in phone call with Turkey's Erdogan.
The United States will leave around 200 troops in Syria for a period of time, the White House has announced, as President Donald Trump backed away from a complete withdrawal of forces from the war-torn country.
"A small peacekeeping group of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement on Thursday.
The announcement came amid fierce criticism of Trump's decision in December to withdraw the 2,000 US soldiers fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) in Syria, with members of his own Republican Party blasting the move.
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WNU Editor: The Kurds are happy with this decision .... Syria Kurds evacuate civilians from Islamic State redoubt, hail Trump troop reversal (Reuters). More here .... Northern Syria administration says U.S. troop decision will protect area (Reuters). Turkey has accepted this U.S. presence, which tells me that their threat to invade north-eastern Syria to wipe out the Kurds was just a threat and nothing more. Syria and Iran are not going to happy with this continuing U.S. presence, but everyone else will be.
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