American troops in Syria have no legal authority to be there

Syria’s president never asked them to deploy, and the U.S. hasn’t formally declared war with any country since the Second World War.

Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent for NBC News, interviews U.S. Army Brig.-Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, at an outpost near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, March 12. The U.S. has 2,000 or more troops in Syria, writes Scott Taylor.U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Timothy Koster

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

April 11, 2018

OTTAWA—There has been a lot of recent discussion in the United States about the future of American military forces in Syria. President Donald Trump has been impetuously tweeting out his desire to bring the Doughboys home. This sentiment has been

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