The United States began a large-scale drawdown of its military forces from Syria. Two senior U.S. officials told the New York Times the U.S. military is shutting down three of its eight small operating bases in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled northeast — Mission Support Site Green Village,

The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group, a U.S. official said Thursday. The U.S. troops have been critical not only in the operations against the Islamic State but as a buffer for the Kurdish forces against Turkey,