US Sets Up New Military Base in Syria’s Oil-rich Dayr Al-Zawr
The United States has reportedly established a new military base in Syria’s oil-rich eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr after bringing in reinforcements to the war-torn Arab country.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) quoted reliable sources as saying on Friday that the new US base is located Day al-Zawr’s al-Jazrat area.
The US-based monitoring group reported that more than 300 trucks, carrying ammunition, weapons, military and logistical supplies, had entered Syria over the past few days and that most of those trucks headed to al-Jazrat.
It further said that the US forces are expanding their base in the al-Omar oil field in the eastern countryside of Dayr Al -Zawr.
Recently, it added, American soldiers and other US-led coalition troops arrived at the base.
Washington runs several military bases in Syria, mainly in northern and eastern regions where the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are operating.
The US has been plundering Syria’s natural resources and collaborating with Takfiri militants fighting to topple the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
The Damascus government, which is conducting a military campaign against the foreign-backed terrorists, has repeatedly called for the withdrawal of the US occupation forces from Syria.
Trump extends national emergency to continue Syria occupation
US President Donald Trump extended for one year the national emergency declared regarding the Syrian government.
According to a White House statement, Trump took the decision “to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of the Government of Syria.”
The statement claimed that the Damascus government “and its Russian and Iranian enablers” are committing “brutal violence and human rights abuses” in Syria.
“The United States will consider changes in the composition, policies, and actions of the Government of Syria in determining whether to continue or terminate this national emergency in the future,” it concluded.
‘Terrorists upping attacks on Syrian civilians during pandemic’
In another development on Friday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that Syria’s situation is a “ticking time-bomb” as terrorist groups such as the Daesh Takfiri outfit exploit the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and heighten attacks on civilians.
Syria plunged into foreign-sponsored militancy in 2011. Takfiri terrorists overran parts of Syria before government forces retook almost all of them with help from Damascus’ allies, namely Iran and Russia.
Source: Press TV