US concedes it has double number of troops in Syria

Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad’s fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has more than doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group — a dramatic increase that the Pentagon revealed Thursday, acknowledging that the added troops have been there for months or even more than a year.
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A Pentagon spokesman said the increase was unrelated to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad to rebel forces in early December.
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The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
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The Pentagon on Thursday said it has 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, more than twice the 900 it has previously said it has, and that the additional troops are considered temporary forces that were sent to support the mission against Islamic State militants.
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The U.S. military more than doubled the number of troops it has in Syria to fight ISIS prior to the collapse of the Assad regime earlier this month. Pentagon officials have long said the United States had about 900 troops in the country,
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