USA, Oct. 25 -- The United States will deploy additional forces in eastern Syria to protect oilfields in another policy shift that contradicts Trump's controversial decision earlier this month to withdraw forces from northeast Syria

The planned reinforcement will take place in coordination with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to prevent the oilfields from falling into the hands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a Pentagon statement said.

"The US is committed to reinforcing our position, in coordination with our SDF partners, in northeast Syria with additional military assets to prevent those oilfields from falling back into the hands of ISIS or other destabilising actors," it added.

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