Washington (CNN) The US will end funding for stabilization efforts in Syria in another sign of President Donald Trump's intent to pull out of the long-running conflict.

The State Department said Friday that it would redirect $230 million that had been intended to help rebuild Syria to other foreign priorities it declined to describe. Officials said the shortfall would be more than made up by allies' contributions of $300 million for stabilization projects in Syria, including demining and irrigation.

The officials said the decision reflects the success of Trump's direction that US allies contribute more to Syria stabilization efforts. They said the new funding would go toward priorities the US had identified, and they pushed back against suggestions that the US decision represents a retreat from leadership or a decline in Washington's commitment to the conflict.

"We remain committed to our efforts in Syria," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a call with reporters to announce the policy.

Shlomo Bolts, the policy and advocacy officer for the Syrian American Council, a grassroots group that works with Syrian opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, said the announcement was a disappointment.

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