美国在叙军事存在可分为从派军到驻军(2015~2017年)、计划撤军与增兵(2017~2021年)、长期驻军叙利亚(2022年至今)三个主要阶段。美国维持在叙军事存在有五个目标:打击“伊斯兰国”等极端组织;控制叙利亚北部和东北部的战略资源;扶持反对派力量尤其是库尔德武装;制衡和威慑外部力量主要是俄罗斯和伊朗;以各种形式遏制和打击叙利亚政府。从影响来看,美国驻军损害了叙利亚的主权完整,冲击了美国与土耳其的关系,其军事基地本身也面临着较大的安全风险。从未来趋势看,美国仍会将打击极端势力、遏制伊朗在叙利亚的影响、控制叙利亚战略资源作为其未来保持军事存在的正当理由。美国在叙军事存在并不符合国际法准则,严重侵犯了叙利亚主权,是叙利亚危机和平解决和叙利亚未来重建的重大障碍。
American’s military presence in Syria may be divided into three stages namely from sending troops to the garrison(2015-2017),planning deployed and expanded(2017-2021),long-term military presence in Syria(2022-). Currently,the United States,Russian,Iran and Turkey,these countries have military presence in Syria,despite there is some difference about Kurdish forces between the United States and Turkey. The objectives of the military presence of the United States are fivefold,namely combating against the ISIS,having control of the oil resources and the wheat productions,supporting the opposition force even the extreme force,maintaining the balance and even advantages of the Russian and keeping the deterrence to the Syria government. As to the influences,the military presence of the United States has have invasion of the sovereignty of Syria. While disturbing the situation of the northwestern region of Syria,the military presence of US has been a negative factor of US-Turkish relation. Additionally,the security of the US base also has been threatened by ISIS and other forces. In the future,the United States will maintain the military presence and enforce them in order to counter Russian,Iran and the Syria government. However,it’s must be pointed out that American’s military presence in Syria is illegal and a barrier to the solution of the Syria crisis and the reconstruction of Syria.