عربي English Türkçe اردو فارسى
Logo
Latest News
Arab World

Türkiye Begins Setting up New Military Base in Syria

A firefighter extinguishes a blaze in a field, on a hot summer day on the banks Euphrates river, near the village of Tawayhinah in Syria's northern Raqqa governorate on July 12, 2022. (AFP)
A firefighter extinguishes a blaze in a field, on a hot summer day on the banks Euphrates river, near the village of Tawayhinah in Syria's northern Raqqa governorate on July 12, 2022. (AFP)
TT
TT

Türkiye Begins Setting up New Military Base in Syria

A firefighter extinguishes a blaze in a field, on a hot summer day on the banks Euphrates river, near the village of Tawayhinah in Syria's northern Raqqa governorate on July 12, 2022. (AFP)
A firefighter extinguishes a blaze in a field, on a hot summer day on the banks Euphrates river, near the village of Tawayhinah in Syria's northern Raqqa governorate on July 12, 2022. (AFP)

Turkish forces have started to establish a new military base in the Raqqa province northeastern Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday a large number of Turkish troops were active inside their bases along the Aleppo-Latakia international highway to set up the base in an area east of the town of Ain Issa in Raqqa.

Türkiye had set up bases along the 140-km long highway, known as M4. It has established each base around 3 kms apart.

They were formed in wake of the 2019 Sochi agreement between Moscow and Ankara that ended Türkiye’s Operation Peace Spring against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces deployed in areas east of the Euphrates.

In spite of the calm on the ground, tensions persist in the region.

On Tuesday, Turkish forces and their allied factions shelled with heavy artillery several regions held by the SDF in the Tal Tamr countryside northwest of al-Hasakeh.

Clashes ensued between the Kurdish forces and pro-Türkiye Syrian National Army.

Most Viewed

 
 
Arab World

Drones Target Iraq’s Ain Al-Asad Airbase, No Casualties, Say Military Sources

An Iraqi military official said defense systems downed one drone near the base perimeter. (AFP)
An Iraqi military official said defense systems downed one drone near the base perimeter. (AFP)
TT
TT

Drones Target Iraq’s Ain Al-Asad Airbase, No Casualties, Say Military Sources

An Iraqi military official said defense systems downed one drone near the base perimeter. (AFP)
An Iraqi military official said defense systems downed one drone near the base perimeter. (AFP)

Two armed drones on Tuesday targeted Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase, which hosts US forces and other international forces in western Iraq, two Iraqi military sources told Reuters.

It was the second attack against US forces in Iraq since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.

In April, two drones were shot down near Ain al-Asad base, according to a US official.

No casualties have been reported, said the sources.

An Iraqi military official said defense systems downed one drone near the base perimeter.

Iraqi army patrols stepped up patrolling the areas around the base to prevent possible further attacks, said an Iraqi army official.

The attack came less than a week before an expected visit by a high-level Iraqi military delegation to Washington to continue talks on ending the US-led military coalition in the country.

Washington and Baghdad in January initiated talks to reassess the draw-down of the US-led coalition in Iraq, formed in 2014 to help fight the ISIS group that overran large parts of the country.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a projectile appears to have targeted the base, but without causing casualties.