Overview
- Multiple outlets report, citing U.S. officials, that the administration intends to remove the remaining forces, ending a roughly decade-long ground mission.
- U.S. Central Command confirmed earlier departures from the al-Tanf garrison in the south and the al-Shaddadi base in the northeast as part of a conditions-based transition.
- Officials attribute the decision to Syria’s political shift under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and a U.S.-backed arrangement to integrate the Kurdish-led SDF into national forces.
- A senior U.S. official said American forces remain positioned to strike ISIS targets as operations transition to partner-led counterterrorism.
- CENTCOM said roughly 5,700 ISIS detainees were recently transferred from Syrian facilities to Iraqi custody, while some outlets note the full-withdrawal reporting is still being independently confirmed.