U.S. withdrawing all troops from Syria

The United States is withdrawing all of its roughly 1,000 troops from Syria, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing three U.S. officials.

Earlier this this month, the Pentagon pulled out all U.S. soldiers from the Al-Shaddadi base in northeastern Syria and from the Al Tanf garrison, a strategic outpost at the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq, according to the report.

Over the next two months, all remaining U.S. forces will leave Syria, ending a decade-long U.S. military presence which the White House has deemed no longer necessary in the country, two U.S. officials told the newspaper.

The officials said the withdrawal was unrelated to the current massive U.S. military buildup in the Middle East for potential strikes against Iran.

U.S. forces were first deployed to Syria in 2014 under then-President Barack Obama in the name of combating the Islamic State amid the country's civil war. During President Donald Trump's first term, U.S. troop levels in Syria were gradually reduced.

U.S. withdrawing all troops from Syria

Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 680 million yuan (about 98.43 million U.S. dollars) during the first three days of the Spring Festival holiday this year.

Local customs data showed that the sales marked an 18.9 percent increase compared with the same period last year.

On Dec. 18, 2025, China launched island-wide special customs operations in the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the world's largest FTP by area, allowing freer entry of overseas goods, expanding zero-tariff coverage, and introducing more business-friendly measures.

Duty-free sales in China's Hainan top 680 mln yuan in first 3 days of Spring Festival holiday