Trump Said to Favor Leaving a Few Hundred Troops in Eastern Syria

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is leaning in favor of a new Pentagon plan to keep a small contingent of U.S. troops in eastern Syria, perhaps numbering about 200, to combat the Islamic State group and block the advance of Syrian government and Russian forces into the region's coveted oil fields, a senior administration official said Sunday.If Trump approves the proposal to leave a couple of hundred Special Operations forces in eastern Syria, it would mark the second time in 10 months that