The report says US officers count on troops to withdraw from remaining positions inside two months.
Printed On 18 Feb 2026
America is getting ready to drag again the practically 1,000 troops from its navy that stay in Syria, the Wall Avenue Journal reported, citing three US officers.
Al Jazeera was not instantly in a position to independently confirm the report on Wednesday.
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Final week, the US navy confirmed it was withdrawing from the al-Tanf base, situated in southern Syria close to borders with Iraq and Jordan.
The bottom served as a key hub for operations for the worldwide coalition towards ISIL (ISIS), which on the time managed massive areas of Syria and Iraq till sustaining essential losses in 2017.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated final week’s “orderly departure” was “a part of a deliberate and conditions-based transition”.
The Wall Avenue Journal, in the meantime, indicated that the broader withdrawal of US troops in Syria would unfold over the subsequent two months. The administration of President Donald Trump has been weighing a full withdrawal since a minimum of January.
In line with the officers cited within the Wall Avenue Journal, the choice to withdraw troops from Syria just isn’t linked to the present buildup of US naval and air forces elsewhere within the Center East, as tensions flare with Iran.
In latest weeks, the Trump administration has threatened to take navy motion towards Iran in response to its crackdown on antigovernment protesters and frustrations with ongoing nuclear negotiations.
As a part of these threats, the US has bolstered its navy presence within the area close to Iran. A second plane provider, the USS Gerald R Ford, is presently heading to the world.
US-brokered settlement
As a substitute, the US officers within the Wall Avenue Journal report stated the withdrawal follows an settlement geared toward reshaping Syria’s safety construction and consolidating state authority after years of divided management.
The deal supplies for the mixing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — Washington’s major accomplice within the battle towards ISIL — into the Syrian military.
US officers have framed the settlement as a big step in the direction of nationwide unity and reconciliation after years of fragmented management in Syria.
The association got here after a renewed push by Syrian authorities forces, beneath interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, to reassert management over areas that had remained outdoors Damascus’s authority, significantly within the nation’s northeast, the place the SDF has a foothold.
Authorities troops subsequently engaged in lethal clashes with the SDF and seized massive stretches of Kurdish-held territory, heightening considerations of a wider confrontation.
The US-backed settlement, reached on January 29, created a fragile ceasefire and paved the way in which for negotiations resulting in the mixing of the 2 forces.
