About one year after President Donald Trump had shocked American politicians, the Kurds, and the rest of America's allies in the Middle East and Europe by announcing he was pulling out U.S. troops from Syria, Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie announced today (November 23, 2019) that 500 U.S. troops are resuming operations in Syria against the Islamic State (IS) terror group, according to the Jewish Press website.
"Now I've got about 500 U.S. personnel generally east of the Euphrates river ..." McKenzie told reporters in Bahrain.
He added: "It is our intention to remain in that position working with our SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) partners to continue operations against ISIS down the Euphrates river valley where those targets present themselves."
Also, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced yesterday that Turkish troops had seized thousands of weapons given by the U.S. to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria.
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