According to the American Hill, US President Donald Trump, while announcing the reduction of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, also announced the possibility of reducing US forces in Syria.

Trump announced at a news conference last night, September 10, that a small number of US troops are in Syria to protect Syria's oil and oil fields.

"We have Syrian oil and we will use this oil to help the Kurds," he said.

Trump added: "We will use the oil we have to improve the lives of the Syrian Kurds."

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