expanded its presence inside Syria by establishing a new hub of operations in the northeastern province of Hasakah this past weekend.
"The
new military base was set up in the village of Naqara, 3 km southwest
of the city of Qamishli in Hasakah province, said the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights" - as cited in Xinhua.
The biggest, and main US base in Hasakeh province remains at Syria's
al-Omar oil fields,...While President Joe Biden has rejected this
overt rhetoric focused taking energy resources, the past month witnessed
multiple alleged instances of coalition forces ferrying oil across the Iraq border in tanker trucks.
Another major American base, but which is not in Hasakah, is at al-Tanf.
US special forces at the base are there ostensibly in support of Arab
and Kurdish anti-Assad fighters. The base's location is strategic, given
it is near the three-way border between Iraq, Syria, and Jordan.
Despite the Pentagon for years touting its "counter-ISIS" mission in
Syria, the main US target has clearly remained both the Assad government
and its Iranian allies.
China's foreign ministry denounced the "appalling" US actions of "plundering" Syrian resources..." ZH
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