US
Setting Up Military Base In Syrian Province
Of Raqqah
By
South Front
June 20, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- According to local sources, US-led
coalition forces have begun setting up a new
military base in Tabqah town in the province
of Raqqah.
The
new base will be located in the military
housing area, the Mohammed Fares school as
well as the military and security buildings
in the third district of the town. US forces
reportedly intend to build a command center
and residential buildings for its troops.
According to opposition sources, USA wants
to adopt the new base in Tabqah town as a
long-term base in Syria.
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports from Kurdish
sources appeared arguing that a new
agreement between the USA and YPG was made.
The agreement will allegedly allow the US
military to stay in the YPG-held areas for
10 years. In turn, the US will continue
providing military aid to YPG. However, no
official sources have reported about this.
The
Turkish News Agency Anadolu announced that
Washington has supplied YPG and YPJ Kurdish
forces in Syria with modern weapons within
the last ten days. On June 16 , 50 trucks
loaded with weapons arrived through
Kurdistan Region border crossings. On June
5, 60 trucks loaded with arms arrived to the
SDF-held areas. 20 more trucks arrived on
June 12, according to the agency.
According to the Anadolu report, the Kurds
received: 12,000 rifles, 6,000 machine guns,
3,500 machine guns, 3,000 RPG-7 bombers and
1,000 grenade launchers of the AT-4 type
produced by the United States and LNG
grenades, besides near 235 mortar rounds,
100 sniper rifles and 450 7PV night vision
sights.
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State Senator Calls US Base in Syria a
Violation of International Law
By
Sputnik
June 20, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US base
in Syria’s At Tanf area is a clear violation
of international law, State Senator
from Virginia Richard Black told Sputnik.
"We’ve
even set up a base at Al Tanf in the
southern part, it’s an American base
within the country of Syria," Black said.
"You can’t get a more obvious violation
of international law than to actually move
in and set up a military base in a sovereign
country that has never taken any offensive
action towards our country."
The
United States last week transferred two high
mobility multiple-launch rocket systems
from Jordan to the US special operations
forces base at At Tanf.
US
President Donald Trump, Black added, has
unfortunately given authority to people "who
are not well-intentioned and they are using
that military authority in Syria."
The
senator also noted that Russia, Syria, and
its allies are "definitely on the move. "
"There’s no doubt that the terrorists are
being thrown back on every front and I think
that’s very encouraging," he stated.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
Friday that the Russian military is
analyzing the US deployment of artillery
where terrorist formations are said to be
virtually absent.
The
US-led coalition against Daesh terror group
(outlawed in Russia) has twice struck
Syrian-government aligned forces in the At
Tanf area, and Trump launched a missile
strike against a Syrian air base in April.
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Sputnik
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opinions of Information Clearing House.
