US to build new base in northern Syria

January 3, 2025 at 1:33 pm

US forces are reportedly building a base in the northern Syrian city of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) on the Turkish border to help its Kurdish ally the People’s Defence Units (YPG).

Local sources shared images and videos allegedly showing convoys carrying concrete fortifications to Kobani, while on Wednesday a large convoy of the US Army arrived in the town.

Turkiye has in recent weeks warned that it would bring in additional reinforcements into the town, where the Kurdish group is entrenched, as it has done in other areas.

Kurdish militias in Syria are actively fighting elements of the Free Syrian Army supported by Turkiye.

Last week, Kurdish militants took several villages from the Free Syrian Army.

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