Two US officials told Reuters on Tuesday that the US military is preparing to integrate its forces in Syria in the coming weeks and months, in a move that might shrink in half.
The American army deployed about two thousand soldiers in Syria distributed over a number of bases, most of them in the northeast.
The American forces are working with the local forces to prevent the return of ISIS, which in 2014 seized vast areas of Iraq and Syria, before it was later defeated.
One of the officials, who occurred, said that this integration may reduce the number of forces in Syria to almost a thousand.
Another official confirmed the reduction plan, but he said that there is no certainty about the numbers and was skeptical of a reduction of this size at a time when the administration of President Donald Trump is negotiating with Iran and mobilizing its forces in the region.
The United States has recently sent planes, including B-2 bombers, and our warfare and air defense systems to strengthen its forces in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, US Defense Minister Beit Higseth is conducting a global review of the US military forces around the world.
