Syrian army: American occupation of “certain parts” of the country “can no longer continue” Some 900 American soldiers are deployed in Syria as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition created to fight the Islamic State group. U.S.
said Friday it had “successfully” carried out retaliatory strikes targeting elite Iranian forces and pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria. The strikes, carried out in retaliation for the drone attack in which three American soldiers were killed at the end of January on a base in Jordan, near the border with Syria, resulted in "the deaths of a number of civilians and soldiers"