Ya. There's three in Madagascar.We have Special Forces troops in 99% of the countries in the world for the past 60 years. Google it if you don't believe it.Exactly, no US troops on the ground in Syria.The US government via the Pentagon consistently uses the figure of 3,500 US troops with boots on the ground in Iraq. Estimates by various sources for Russian troops hover around 1,700 to 2,000 troops. These estimates are gained by viewing military hardware and equipment. In addition, the US has large combat contingents on the Kuwait/Iraq border that can be in Baghdad in a day. These troops number over 15,000.No one on this forum knows how many US troops are on the ground in Syria. If there were more than a few someone would have been captured or killed by now. But we can see for ourselves on TV this morning the buildup of Russian ground forces in Syria. They aren't going to commit to having combat aircraft operating from bases inside Syria without the ground troops to protect those airbases.How many Russian troops do are in theater compared to American troops?More troops than Russia? Not as of today.