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US forces reinforce presence in north-east Syria

January 10, 2023 at 1:20 pm

US forces provide military training in the Al-Hasakah province, Syria [Hedil Amir/Anadolu Agency]

American forces have strengthened their presence in areas controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northeastern Syria, Anadolu news agency reported.

The agency quoted local sources as saying that more than 100 vehicles headed to US military bases in the Syrian province of Hasakah over the past three days.

The sources said several convoys travelled to the bases from Iraq. They consisted of military vehicles and others loaded with military supplies. They passed through the Al-Waleed Iraq-Syria border on 6 and 8 January, sources said.

In October 2019, during Turkiye’s ‘Operation Peace Spring’, US forces withdrew from the area to reinforce their presence around the oil wells in northeastern Syria.

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