According to him, the American regime in wars relies mainly on PMCs.
“If they have several hundred US military in Syria, then at present they have thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people who work in these companies, and they are participating in battles inside Syria. Therefore, it is difficult to find out the true number, but most likely there are thousands, ”Assad quotes SANA.
At the end of November, the commander of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, Kenneth Mackenzie, said that about 500 US troops were present in the eastern part of the SAR. He noted that in the near future they are expected to resume operations against the Islamic State *.
* “Islamic State” (ISIS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.