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Thursday, April 17, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, April 17, 2025
US starting pullout from northeast Syria, NYT reports
US soldiers patrol an area in the town of Tal Hamis, southeast of the city of Qameshli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on January 24, 2024. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
The United States has started drawing down hundreds of troops from northeastern Syria, The New York Times reports.
The military is shuttering three of its eight small operating bases, reducing troop levels to about 1,400 from 2,000, the paper reports, citing two senior US officials.
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