US builds airbases in Syria's Kurdish area
The United States has almost completed the establishment of an airbase in Syria’s Kurdish-held northern territory amid construction of a second base there, a new report says.
The second airbase will have dual military and civilian use, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing the Erbil-based news website, BasNews.
A spokesman for US Central Command (CENTCOM) has, however, said the US was not taking control of any airfields in Syria.
The Kurdish news website, quoting an unnamed ‘military source,’ said most of the work on a runway in the town of Rmeilan in Hasaka was complete while a new airbase southeast of Kobani, right across the Turkish border, was being built.
The source told the news website that scores of US experts and technicians were involved in the project.
Syrian Kurds recently said the Rmeilan airstrip was being used by US military helicopters for logistics and deliveries.
The United States sent dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria last year to “advise” forces in their fight against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group.
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