According to something called Kurdistan24, it's more like this:
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US pullout from areas such as Manbij, Ain al-Issa, and Kobani paved the way for the Russian army to take control of abandoned US bases and set up new ones in areas across northeast Syria near SDF-held territory.
According to a Pentagon inspector general’s report published in early February, at least 300 Russian military police are deployed in northeastern Syria, “occupying the towns of Kobani, Raqqah, Tal Tamr, Amuda and Ayn Issa – areas previously occupied by U.S. forces.”
There are also 600 to 700 US troops still present in Hasakah and Deir al-Zor provinces to protect oil infrastructure and support the SDF in operations against the Islamic State.
As a result, several incidents have erupted in January and February between Russian and US forces in areas where both are present and exact lines of control have not been clearly delineated.
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/a69 ... c5e4cd7170The AP says this:
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While Trump ordered U.S. troops to withdraw from Syria last year, his military commanders and advisers later convinced him to keep a scaled-back force to protect Kurdish-controlled oil fields and facilities form falling into the hands of militants from the Islamic State group.
According to officials, there are about 750 U.S. troops in eastern Syria, spread across a swath of land that stretches more than 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Deir el-Zour to the border region east of al-Hassakeh.
They patrol a region crowded with other troops, including the Russians, Syrian government troops and even Iranian proxy forces not too far away.
https://apnews.com/4d2f558feab180742232c4fc21cee82d
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