Roughly 900 US troops, many of them special forces, remain in northeast Syria. Through them, the United States is able to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of Kurdish, Arab and other ethnic militias and rebel groups, in keeping the Islamic State’s lingering presence in the region in check. The US House of Representatives rejected an effort Wednesday to effectively force President Joe Biden to remove roughly 900 US troops from Syria. Should the US troops remain in Syria ?

