Over 460 alleged ISIS operatives were killed in Syria. Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Biden declared that the U.S. would no longer “fight the wars of the past.” But in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon maintains about 2,500 and 900 troops.
, then the leader of the Islamic State. The group has affiliates elsewhere, including in Afghanistan and parts of Africa.
Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, said in Thursday’s statement that the American military is approaching the campaign in three ways: Pursuing the group’s leaders through partnered operations with local forces, continuing to detain Islamic State members in the region, and attempting to prevent children from being radicalized.The U.S.
U.S. forces paused partner operations with the SDF for days as Turkey threatened to launch a ground invasion into Syria, before resuming them early in December.In both Iraq and Syria, U.S. forces also have had to remain vigilant against both the Islamic State and Iranian-backed militias that have sought to drive the United States out of the country. In one recent example,
in Syria in August when Iranian-backed militias launched rockets at two U.S. military positions. U.S. forces responded, military officials said, with attack helicopters that destroyed three vehicles and weapons used to launch the rockets.
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