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\"\"from Al Jazeera<\/em>: Pentagon says the additional forces have been in Syria for \u2018a while\u2019, before fall of President Bashar al-Assad, though they were not publicly disclosed.<\/a> How long? Months \u201cat a minimum\u201d. Why? Probably three reasons: 1. Deter Turkish attacks on US-allied Kurds. 2. Ensure the containment of 10,000 ISIS fighters (and ~30,000 kin and suspects). 3. Deter the possible advance of HTS on the US and Kurdish held Syrian oil fields. Leverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from Al Jazeera: Pentagon says the additional forces have been in Syria for \u2018a while\u2019, before fall of President Bashar al-Assad, though they were not publicly disclosed. How long? Months \u201cat a minimum\u201d. Why? 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