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A reconnaissance force from the United States military accompanied by hundreds of fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Free Army (SFA) had entered al-Dumayr Air Base close to the Syrian capital, Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on March 31.
The air base, one of the largest and most fortified in Syria, is located some 40 kilometers to the northeast of Damascus and just under 20 kilometers to the east of the strategic M5 highway leading to the capital.
The Kurdish-led SDF, which controls large parts of northern and eastern Syria, is the U.S. main ally in the country, while the SFA is a much smaller proxy group that until the fall of the Assad regime its activists were limited to the southeastern area of al-Tanf.
In its report, the SOHR said that the U.S. was planning to take over al-Dumayr and turn it into a base for its forces. The new Syrian military and the SDF would later launch joint operations against ISIS cells in the Syrian desert from the air base, the London-based monitoring group added.
Syria’s interim government announced on March 10 that it had reached a breakthrough agreement with the SDF to integrate the group into state institutions, including the new military. At the time, the U.S. welcomed the agreement, which was reportedly brokered with its help.
Later in the month, the SOHR reported that the SFA took control over the town of al-Dumayr in coordination with the interior ministry of the interim government.
U.S. forces in Syria grew in the last few years from just around 900 troops to over 2,000, with several bases located at key gas and oil fields in SDF-controlled areas in addition to a garrison in al-Tanf blocking a strategic highway linking Damascus with the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
THE SOHR’s recent reports about U.S. military presence in al-Dumayr Air Base and the nearby town were denied by the media office of the SFA in a statement to the Lebanese Al-Nahar newspaper. Still, it is important to note that the SFA fighters were spotted in the town and that the group does not speak for the U.S. military.
While on the surface the U.S. appears to be pushing for cooperation between its allies and the interim government, Washington may be in fact taking advantage of the recent integration agreement to position its forces closer to Damascus in order to better pressure the Islamists running the government.
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hehehe where is the useless un and its useless deep state leader guttierez. silent one supposes afraid to speak in case eu and us will sanction him. seems war mongering trump and his warmongeting regime is getting ready and prepared to surround, cut off iran and attack iran from syria.
will be the bitter end of the trump regime if that happens
this could read as / us led mercenary murder tourists set up air base to attack iran and other local targets for greater israel project . iran is retargeting a few hypersonic missiles in response . israeli will make more back alley deals to roll on . i doubt the musk led doge team will announce us bribery waste .
chumpo will jump off a cliff and cut his own throat to please his zio masters. a good little shabbos goy must unquestioningly obey his master.
would be great for world peace lol
this also means that israel has now expanded illegal land grab of syria to include all of damascus
damascus belongs to israel because moses had a crap there 5,000 years ago (or something) (allegedly.)
russia should just go ahead and annex all of ukraine since any agreement or ceacefire will eventually be broken when the deep state decides is convenient. the us and israel don’t respect agreements, treaties or international law. this blatant land grab proves it. there is no isis in damascus, the fight against isis in syria was always a lame excuse.
so the zionist thugs and americans taking over syria, and that wanker julani and his gang of head choppers haven’t fired one shot at them, russia should have bombed those illegal us bases in syria when they had the chance.
whatever reduces the power of fascist terrorist julani, i support.
good to see that chumpo and the turds are dutifully serving zio interests like good little goy whores. good to see chumpo getting down on his knees where he belongs and licking nuttyyahoo’s boots till he wears a hole in his tongue.
hopefully it all comes to a crashing end soon
thanks mr. putin, for leaving syria alone… or mr. putin chance them for ukraine ???
well putin can’t be more syrian than a syrian, at the end of the day some syrians have brought thi on themselves by attacking their own country yet never fired a shot at the israelis, those fools hate other muslims more than they hate israel.
demonic hitler had similar ideas, guess where he ended up. every tyrant will face similar fate.
ussa captures its soiled diapers from jewlani
grease ball fox news commentator pete hegseth warmongering just like he did on fox news all with the agreement of his chief trump threatening and destabilizing the world.
inshallah he gets canned asap
are we we supposed to believe the us and loyal allies completely wiped off the brain grey matter of their populations with propaganda? what a powerful weapon folks! they just shaved off the terrorist dermis of mohammed al jolani king of al qaeda in syria and hired the best dressers to adorn him with a civilized business attire-what a transformation!