When it comes to reports of a US military withdrawal from #Syria, there are many moving parts in play, but it's clearly coming.
The US military's decisive shift in posture & priorities post-#Assad offered the clearest evidence. A

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Since #Assad fell in Dec 2024, the US military has established relations with #Damascus & proactively facilitated & pushed talks between the #SDF & #Syria's new gov't.
For CENTCOM: the #SDF *must* integrate into the new #Syria.
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The March 10 framework agreement signed by #Syria President Ahmed al-Sharaa & #SDF leader Mazloum Abdi was a direct result of US mediation -- and from March 6, of *intense* pressure on the #SDF (by @CENTCOM's Gen Kurilla & @CJTFOIR's MG Leahy). Image
@CENTCOM @CJTFOIR Over the past week, the #SDF has vacated #Aleppo city & the Tishreen Dam in E. #Aleppo -- ceding control to #Syria gov't authority. Further phases will see departures from Deir Hafer, Markada & the Qaraqozak Bridge.
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@CENTCOM @CJTFOIR On the counterterrorism front, #ISIS has taken a big hit from #Assad's fall -- with attacks down by 80%.
BUT, #ISIS is now recovering in #SDF areas -- with 42/43 attacks in 2025 in #Syria's northeast.
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For much of the past two decades, ISIS has enjoyed favorable conditions in Syria, but since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, dynamics have changed. With Assad’s departure, ISIS l…
For much of the past two decades, ISIS has enjoyed favorable conditions in Syria, but since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, dynamics have changed. With Assad’s departure, ISIS lost its long-standing and vitally important safe haven in Syria’s central desert and its most...
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@CENTCOM @CJTFOIR Meanwhile, the US military & intel community has established a fruitful relationship with #Damascus -- with shared intel taking out multiple senior #ISIS leaders & foiling 9 major urban plots.
A US partner is now within #Syria's Defense Ministry.
@CENTCOM @CJTFOIR In the past 3 weeks, local sources claim large US military logistics convoys have moved some equipment *out* of bases in Deir ez Zour towards #Iraq -- indicating a potential preliminary move to draw resources away from areas that could soon turn to #Damascus.
@CENTCOM @CJTFOIR With a US disengagement from #Syria on the cards, the US has also supported the establishment of a new regional security alliance -- comprising #Syria, #Iraq, #Turkey, #Jordan & #Lebanon.
That'll be crucial to longer-term #ISIS-linked challenges.
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