(Al Jazeera) Ali Younes and Trevor Aaronson - After President Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 troops from Syria last month, the U.S. military ramped up its bombing campaign against territory still held by the Islamic State in eastern Syria, according to sources on the ground. During the final days of 2018, the U.S. campaign bombed villages up and down the Euphrates, focusing primarily on Al Kashmah. U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Danielle Covington said, "The increase in strikes in late December were selected specifically to degrade ISIS capabilities."
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