Documents detail legal fight to make the Pentagon share Middle East troop numbers
March 4
New documents show troop levels in Syria over the past four years, which the Defense Department had been reluctant to disclose. (Spc. Sidney Perry/Army)
While ending the “forever wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan was a cornerstone of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, it became increasingly difficult during his presidency for the public to get numbers of troops on the ground in those countries, as well as Syria. That was part of a concerted policy effort, according to documents obtained by the online forum Just Security.