The US military contingent starts decreasing its presence in northern Syria. This was reported by the Syrian newspaper Al Watan on April 23, EADaily reported.

“Today in the afternoon, hundreds of heavy trucks belonging to the forces of the US-led international coalition left their military bases in the vicinity of the town of al-Shaddadi in the south of al-Hasakah province,” the media said in its Telegram channel.

According to the newspaper, the convoys headed towards the Iraqi border.

On April 18, the Pentagon confirmed the reduction of the number of US military in Syria to less than 1 thousand in the coming months. In its statement, the US defense ministry noted that the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS had achieved significant success over the past 10 years