Amid the sweeping changes reshaping the Middle East, debates about the utility of keeping the roughly 40,000 US troops currently deployed across the region. With air and naval bases from Syria to the Gulf,

In a sharp criticism aimed at top US tech firms, President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple for outsourcing jobs to India and manufacturing operations to China.

"Trust must exist first and foremost," Syrian Democratic Council representative to the U.S. Sinam Mohamad told Newsweek.

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Deployment of Marines and Army Rangers brings total US troops in Syria to 900. — -- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. is “not going into Syria” amid escalating tensions ...

A U.S. envoy has urged Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to recalibrate his policies and embrace a more inclusive approach after a new round of sectarian bloodshed last week, or risk losing international support and fragmenting the country.

US troops have pulled out of another two military bases in northeastern Syria, ... In April 2025, the Pentagon announced plans to reduce the number of US troops in Syria to below 1,000.

US strikes Islamic State as operations in Syria wind down. The Trump administration has begun the process of reducing the more than 2,000 US troops in the country to an estimated 500 soldiers, The New York Times reported in April. At least three of the eight bases in northeastern Syria are being closed; it is unclear how many will remain open.

That understanding was based on comments from the U.S. special envoy and security talks with Israel, sources said.

In a show of force, the U.S. military has sent armored fighting vehicles to eastern Syria to help protect the hundreds of American troops stationed there following a tense encounter with Russian ...