DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The U.S. military has reportedly expanded its illegal bases in eastern Syria and reinforced them with air systems.
Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported on Friday that that the U.S. occupation forces are strengthening their ranks in eastern Syria, expanding their positions and moving more military convoys in the area.
The agency cited local sources in the northeastern province of Hasakah as saying that the American forces reinforced their illegal bases in the area with a “modern radar system” after they had built the bases to set up the radar on them.
The sources underlined that the bases, which include large warehouses, a command center and a helipad for military helicopters, were among the firsts established by the American forces with the support of Kurdish-led SDF militants loyal to them in Hasakah Province.
“U.S. forces also expanded the grain silos base, which includes an airstrip in the town of Tal Baidar, north of Hasakah, near the M4 highway, by linking it with the headquarters of a former Syrian army regiment in the area,” the sources added.
The sources confirmed that the “grain silos” base also witnessed an increase in fortifications and military equipment, as well as the deployment of Humvee vehicles and observation posts.
The U.S. military has stationed forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.
Damascus, however, maintains the deployment is meant to plunder the country’s rich mineral resources.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump admitted on more than one occasion that American forces were in the Arab country for its oil.