The Pentagon revealed Thursday that the total number of US troops in Syria was double what it had been saying for months.There are currently around 2,000 troops in Syria, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.He said the increase included temporary forces for “shifting missions requirements” and the Defeat-ISIS mission. This increase took place prior to the fall of the Assad regime, Ryer said, without specifying when exactly the additional deployments were made.“I learned the number today,” Ryder said. “As somebody who’s been standing up here telling you 900, I wanted to get you what we had on that.”While Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin knew the real number, he did not ask anyone to prevent it from being made public. Instead, he attributed the lack of transparency to “sensitivity from a diplomatic and operational security standpoint.”The US has a partnership with the Syrian Democratic