The Pentagon is sending about 50 U.S. troops and about a dozen figthting vehicles to Syria, following a series of encounters between the U.S. and Russian militaries, the NBC News website reports today (September 19, 2020).
The troops and vehicles will serve as a show of presence to discourage the Russian military from crossing into the eastern security area where U.S. forces operate.
The commander of the U.S. Central Command told NBC News that Russian misbehavior on the ground had a Russian ground patrol entering into the eastern Syria security area -- an area they were not authorized to be in.
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