
U.S. TROOPS IN SYRIA ARE CRITICAL FOR MULTIPLE MISSIONS: KEEP THEM ON
JAMES F. JEFFREY MARCH 8, 2024 The Middle East has long been defined by complex conflicts, yet pride of place is likely Syria since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011. U.S. forces, operating there since 2014, officially against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), are involved in one of the…