The Pentagon’s top spokesman said that 2,000 US troops are in Syria, not the 900 he and other American officials have long cited.
Air Force Major General Pat Ryder said he learned only Thursday that there were far more than 900 American troops in the country and wanted to correct the record.
In addition to the core force of 900 troops previously reported, he said, about 1,200 more are personnel that rotate in and out of the country. The 2,000 has been have been in Syria “for a while,” he said, and weren’t added after a rebel group swept Bashar ...