Pentagon says the number of US troops in Syria is much higher than previously reported

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Pentagon says the number of US troops in Syria is much higher than previously reported
The Pentagon has reported there were 900 US troops in Syria for several months
By Greg Wehner , Jennifer Griffin Fox News
Published December 19, 2024 4:50pm EST

The Pentagon says there are 2,000 U.S. troops deployed in Syria, more than double what officials with the Department of Defense have been telling reporters for months.

"We have been briefing you regularly that there are approximately 900 U.S. troops deployed to Syria," Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Ryder told reporters during a press briefing on Thursday. "In light of the situation in Syria, and in significant interest, we’ve recently learned that those numbers were higher."

Ryder asked to look into the numbers and said he learned on Thursday that there are about 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria.

"It was explained to me these additional forces are considered temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting mission requirements, whereas the core 900 deployers are on longer term deployments," he continued. "As you know, for many of our deployments, numbers will fluctuate from time to time, but given that this number is significantly higher than what we've been briefing, I wanted to let you know, as soon as I found out this information."

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Pentagon reveals US has more than double the amount of troops in Syria than previously reported
The Pentagon revealed on Thursday that the US has more than double the amount of troops in Syria than the federal government had previously reported — and the larger force has been in place “for a while.”

Pentagon spokesperson Maj. General Patrick Ryder came clean about the shocking discrepancy in a Thursday press conference, acknowledging 2,000 troops — not 900 — are stationed in Syria, where rebels recently overthrew ex-President Bashar Al-Assad.
 

“I learned today that in fact there are approximately 2,000 US troops in Syria,” the major general said sheepishly.

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Nobody In The Biden Admin Wants To Explain How 1,100 More US Troops Appeared In Syria — Or If The President Knew

Wallace White
Contributor
December 20, 2024 4:16 PM ET

Neither the White House nor the Pentagon seem to know how the official count for the number of U.S. troops in Syria has more than doubled.

White House Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to explain Friday how there could be an 1,100 troop discrepancy in reported U.S. forces in Syria, instead pointing to the Pentagon. Similarly, Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder said Thursday at a press conference he couldn’t speak for the Oval Office on whether or not they were aware of the true number of troops in the nation.

“That is their purview,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Friday. “That is something that we have always been pretty consistent on.”

Ryder said he had “recently learned” that the number had been 2,000 since “before the fall of Assad regime.” The original 900 figure counts the long-term personnel stationed in the country, while the additional 1,100 were described as “temporary rotational forces,” Ryder told the press Thursday.

It remains unclear whether or not President Joe Biden knew of the true number of troops, and the White House did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment on the discrepancy.

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