DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian army, on Saturday, captured a previous U.S.-run base in the northeastern province of Hasakah, as part of an ongoing military deployment, in Kurdish-held areas in northern Syria, a military official said.
The army captured the former U.S. base in the village of Qasr Yalda, in the western countryside of Hasakah province, said the official.
“In this area, there was a U.S. military base, and with our efforts and the Syrian army’s determination, we will dislodge all U.S. forces and all other foreign aggressors from our Syrian territories,” the source said.
The U.S.-led coalition created the base in late 2015, to train the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Force (SDF), due to its strategic location between the village of Tall Tamr and the city of Ras al-Ayn, near the main road connecting Hasakah with Aleppo province.
The Syrian army entered the town as part of a recent deployment in nearby areas, to secure the Hasakah-Aleppo road.
It is confirmed that the army enters the village, and is deployed in Qasr Yalda, where the U.S.-led coalition ran a military base.
The U.S. forces destroyed a radar base, ahead of its withdrawal from the facility in Hasakah. In fact, the United States, in general, destroyed military bases it used to run in Hasakah ahead of its pullout.
It is worth noting that the U.S. has started withdrawing from areas in northeastern Syria, since Turkey launched a military campaign against the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in that region on Oct 9.
In tandem with the Turkish assault, the Kurdish-led SDF and the Syrian army reached a deal, under a Russian mediation earlier this week, for the army to assume certain Kurdish-held areas, to counter the Turkish attack.
The U.S. and Turkey, on Oct 17, reached an agreement, on imposing a five-day truce, to build a safe zone in northern Syria, where the Turkish forces had been fighting against the Kurdish militia.
On Friday, Kurdish forces urged the U.S. and other international organisations, such as the United Nations and the Arab League, to send observers to monitor the truce.– NNN-SANA
