{"id":1540800,"date":"2025-06-09T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1540800"},"modified":"2025-06-09T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:40:00","slug":"us-to-formalize-military-presence-in-syria-in-deal-with-aq-linked-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/us-to-formalize-military-presence-in-syria-in-deal-with-aq-linked-govt\/1540800\/","title":{"rendered":"US To Formalize Military Presence In Syria In Deal With AQ-Linked Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

US To Formalize Military Presence In Syria In Deal With AQ-Linked Govt<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The US is working to formalize its military presence in Syria by signing a deal with the new al-Qaeda-linked government,\u00a0according<\/a> to a report from\u00a0The New Arab<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The report was published Friday and said that a high-level US military delegation was expected to meet with Syrian officials in the coming days with the goal of shifting the US military presence from an illegal occupation to a formalized<\/strong>, legal partnership<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Saudi Press Agency\/Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The report comes as the US has been\u00a0drawing down its forces<\/a>\u00a0in northeastern Syria and handing over some bases to the Kurdish-led SDF<\/strong>. The US is expected to maintain only one base in Syria, the al-Tanf Garrison in the south<\/strong>, which is situated where the borders of Syria, Iraq, and Jordan converge.<\/p>\n

From al-Tanf, the US helped its proxy militia, known as the Syrian Free Army<\/strong> (previously known as the Revolutionary Commando Army),\u00a0join in on the offensive led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham<\/a>\u00a0(HTS) that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad<\/strong> on December 8, 2024.<\/p>\n

A formal deal on al-Tanf would signal that the US is planning a long-term or even potentially a permanent military presence in Syria<\/strong>. The Pentagon has said that it\u2019s currently working to reduce its forces in Syria to fewer than 1,000 troops in the country. According to the latest reports, approximately 1,500 US troops are currently stationed in the country.<\/p>\n

The US has embraced the new Syrian government that\u2019s led by HTS despite the group still being listed by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization due to its al-Qaeda roots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

President Trump recently met with HTS\u2019s leader and Syria\u2019s de facto president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and praised him as a \u201cyoung, attractive guy\u201d with a \u201cvery strong past.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharaa got his start with al-Qaeda in Iraq, where he fought an insurgency against US troops before being imprisoned from 2006 to 2011. In 2012, he traveled to Syria and formed al-Qaeda\u2019s affiliate in the country, the al-Nusra Front.<\/p>\n

Map source: Stars & Stripes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In 2016, Sharaa claimed the al-Nusra Front was cutting ties with al-Qaeda. At the time,\u00a0he thanked the<\/a>\u00a0\u201ccommanders of al-Qaeda for having understood the need to break ties.\u201d In 2017, he merged his group with several other Islamist factions to form HTS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 06\/09\/2025 – 19:40<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/us-formalize-military-presence-syria-deal-aq-linked-govt<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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