White House may keep 500 troops in Syria to control oil fields: Report
Tehran (KNA) - The White House is planning to keep 500 US troops in parts of northeastern Syria to focus on guarding oil fields there and sending more battle tanks to protect them, according to a report.
The Wall Street Journal reported that US military officials presented the choices to the White House on Thursday.
This comes as President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to change his plan to withdraw all American troops from Syria and approve a new plan to keep a few hundred US troops in eastern Syria in order to help his Kurdish allies retain control of oil fields.
Trump indicated on Thursday his desire to protect these oil fields.
"We will NEVER let a reconstituted ISIS (Daesh) have those fields!" he tweeted.
Source: PressTV