According to Kordpress, CBS News reported that American officials have announced that Washington plans to withdraw about 1,000 of its remaining forces from Syria within the next two months. A decision that effectively ends the US military mission in the fight against ISIS.

According to this report, American forces have already evacuated the "Al-Tanf" base in the south of Syria and the "Al-Shadadi" base in the northeast of this country. The Wall Street Journal was the first media outlet to report the imminent withdrawal of the remaining troops.

The US military presence in Syria began in 2015 in the framework of the international coalition against ISIS. During this time, Washington cooperated with the "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) as its main ally; A Kurdish-led coalition that controlled large parts of northeastern Syria during the country's civil war.

The developments in Syria after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime in late 2024 have changed the security equation. Donald Trump's administration has tried to engage with new Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara—a former rebel leader who has distanced himself from his former ties to al-Qaeda. The new Damascus government has been involved in tensions with the Syrian Democratic Forces in recent months, but an agreement was reached last month to integrate these forces into the structure of the Syrian army.

Over the past years, the Syrian Democratic Forces have been responsible for securing the prisons and camps where thousands of ISIS members and their families are kept. Earlier this month, the Central Command of the US Army announced that with the help of Washington, 5,700 ISIS members were transferred from Syrian detention centers to Iraq.

Despite the weakening of ISIS, the threat of this group remains. In December, two members of the Iowa National Guard, along with an interpreter, were killed in an ambush by an ISIS member. Following that, Washington implemented an operation to target ISIS positions.

American bases in Syria have been the target of group attacks many times in recent years. At the same time, Kurdish forces allied with the US were also under pressure from Türkiye.

During the first term of his presidency, Donald Trump demanded the complete withdrawal of American forces from Syria and even announced the withdrawal of 2,000 troops. A decision that led to the resignation of James Mattis, then Secretary of Defense. Ultimately, however, the US maintained a limited troop presence in Syria. Now with the new decision, it seems that this presence will also end.