US Army sends reinforcements to Hasakah base in Syria

The United States has sent military reinforcements to its base in Hasakah province which is under the control of the Kurdish YPG in northern Syria, Anadolu Agency reported.

Local sources told the Agency on Monday that a convoy of American vehicles entered Al-Hasakah on Sunday evening, from the Al-Walid border crossing between Iraq and Syria.

The convoy, consisting of approximately 40 vehicles, included Bradley armoured vehicles carrying American soldiers, ammunition, prefabricated housing and weapons from the American Avenger air defence system.

On 25 June, the US Army sent military reinforcements consisting of 40 vehicles to the military base in the village of Qasrak in Hasakah, which is occupied by Kurdish militia groups.

US forces are deployed in the provinces of Al-Hasakah, Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor, in areas where the country’s oil fields are located.

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