MOSCOW – The US Air Force has delivered airstrikes on the Al-Qulaibmilitary base in the north-eastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah, whichAmerican forces themselves occupied not long ago, Syria’s SANA news agencyreported link. The base had a runway that wasused to receive military shipments from cargo planes and helicopters.
The base had just recently been abondoned by US troops amid a Turkishoffensive in northern Syria, which has already resulted in an incidentwhere American soldiers nearly got shelled by their Turkish NATO allies.
While the US Defence Department has not commented on the news, the reportedbombing of the abandoned base could be part of measures that are beingtaken to prevent equipment remaining there from being seized by Russian orSyrian forces.
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Previously, US troops destroyed a radar in the same Al-Hasakah provincethat they apparently couldn’t pack together in time, and what’s left of amilitary camp in Dadat near the Syrian city of Manbij.
