Speculation has mounted in recent weeks that the United States plans to withdraw the bulk of its forces from Syria following a decade-long deployment.
It remains unclear how a reduction in U.S. forces would affect Washington’s allies in the region, especially the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which the United States has armed and supported since 2015.
Last month, The New York Times reported that the United States had begun reducing its forces in Syria from approximately 2,000 to 1,400 troops. Citing U.S. officials, it also reported that three out of eight U.S. bases in Syria were in the process of being shut down….