DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The Syrian Army has conducted military drills near the U.S. base in Al-Tanf region as part of preparations for massive operations against the terrorist groups.
The drills backed by the Army fighter jets and artillery units were conducted 20 kilometers northwest of the U.S.-controlled military base in Al-Tanf region.
The drills were designed to maintain the Syrian Army's combat capabilities for advancing towards dangerous zones and conducting military operations at any time.
The drills are unprecedented and come as tensions are rising over the U.S. presence in Al-Tanf region and the battle of the Syrian Army against the Daesh terrorists in an area from T2 Station up to the surrounding areas of al-Sukhneh in Eastern Homs.
Photos of the drills show the Syrian Army's infantry units, main combat tanks, combat vehicles and artillery units participating in the drills. A number of warplanes of the Syrian Arab Air Force also took part in the drills.
The development comes a day after a large number of civilians, mostly women and children, were killed after the U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting the terrorist Daesh group conducted fresh airstrikes in eastern Syria. 
Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing some local sources, reported that casualties were caused on Saturday when U.S.-led warplanes bombarded Baghouz refugee camp in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
The U.S.-led coalition has recently stepped up its airstrikes in the besieged town of Baghouz, the final piece of land still held by Daesh.
At least 50 people were killed and scores of others injured on Monday when U.S.-led jets targeted families fleeing the last vestiges of Daesh's territorial rule near the Iraqi border.
Earlier this month, U.S. warplanes also bombed the same troubled region with internationally-banned white phosphorus munitions, killing several people.
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in January that continued airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition against ordinary people and civilian targets showed the alliance’s reckless disregard for the UN Charter as well as international law. 
The U.S.-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes and operations against what are said to be Daesh targets inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.
The military alliance has repeatedly been accused of targeting and killing civilians. It has also been largely incapable of achieving its declared goal of destroying Daesh.