US Setting up New Military Base in Eastern Syria

The US forces are building a new military base in a desert-like region in Eastern Deir Ezzur two weeks after the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claimed to have started their anti-ISIL operation in Eastern Syria, a well-informed source reported on Monday.

News ID: 70187

Date: 14 May 2018 - 20:30

TEHRAN (Defapress)- The sources said that the US military is building a new base equipped with advanced military tools and systems in Badiyeh (desert) al-Sha'afa in Deir Ezzur province, adding that the construction of the base has been justified as a move in support of the SDF against ISIL in Eastern Deir Ezzur, while SDF has been engaged in several confrontations against the Syrian army.

The sources further said that the US forces and the Washington-backed militias claim to be preparing for a possible operation against ISIL in the region, while they are spreading to the territories held by the Syrian army.

The SDF claimed yesterday that they managed to 21 km against ISIL in border region with Iraq in an operation codenamed Asefah al-Jazeera, adding that the SDF militias have reached regions near the village of al-Baqouz in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

In a similar development last month, the US forces built a new and advanced military base in al-Omar oilfield in Southeastern Deir Ezzur, adding that they also transferred a large volume of arms and equipment, including missiles, military vehicles and bridge equipment to the regions of their deployment in Koniko oilfield, al-Omar oilfield and al-Jafreh.

Meantime, the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sent a number of their forces to the regions near the Syrian army positions in the villages of Jiya, Salehiyeh and al-Tabiyeh.

Moscow had earlier warned the Syrian forces of a possible US assault on their positions.

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